Here are eight stats highlight the nursing shortage that physician leaders need to know:
1. Only 12 percent of nurses are happy where they are, according to a January survey from nurse.org.
2. Eighty-seven percent of nurses feel burnt out, according to the same report, and 84 percent are frustrated with administration.
3. A Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine formula projects a shortage of 510,394 registered nurses nationwide by 2030.
4. Nurse turnover rates rose to about 22 percent in 2021, up from an annual rate of about 18 percent in 2019, according to The Wall Street Journal.
5. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an increase in job vacancies for nursing personnel of up to 30 percent, according to an analysis of American Hospital Association survey data.
6. Rural communities absorb greater impacts of the nursing shortage than metropolitan areas. Only 16 percent of RNs live in rural areas, where they serve over 52 million Americans who reside there, according to data cited by the University of St. Augustine (Fla.).
7. Ninety percent are considering leaving the nursing profession in the next year if workplace issues don't change, according to a survey from HospitalIQ.
8. Seventy-one percent of RNs that have over 15 years of experience are thinking about leaving as soon as possible or within the next few months, according to the same November 2021 HospitalIQ survey.