3,500 American Nurses Reveal That Despite Seeing Record Wages, Nearly Two-Thirds of Nurses are Still Considering Quitting
07 Junho 2022 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
Vivian Health’s Third Annual State of the
Healthcare Workforce Survey revealed that while nurse wages are up,
deteriorating mental health, low staff to patient ratios and a
broken system that commoditizes nurses left 63% of respondents
considering exiting the profession in the next five years.
The U.S. has crossed another grim milestone: Nearly two-thirds
of nurses–63%–are considering leaving the field within five (5)
years, up from 43% last year. But amid bleak statistics, there’s
hope: 55% of travel nurses said they would consider switching to a
permanent role, suggesting that nurses are willing to trade money
for stability with a strong employer.
With findings from the nation's leading healthcare hiring
marketplace, Vivian Health’s third annual State of the Healthcare
Workforce Survey reflects feedback from over 3,500 nurses and other
healthcare workers and provides year-over-year insights on their
mental health, thoughts on wages, resignation trends and attitudes
toward travel vs. permanent roles.
The survey also sheds light on what health system leaders must
do to help heal damaged relationships with staff and to attract and
retain crucial nursing talent. During the COVID-19 pandemic,
hospital systems have had to rely on temporary labor to fill
staffing gaps. The cost is unsustainable, the burden on nurses is
steep, and continuity of patient care can suffer as medical
professionals cycle through the system.
“We must do better to fix a hiring and employment environment
that was broken long before COVID-19 hit. Our survey showed that
nurses are uniformly reporting reductions in morale, with staff
shortages plaguing the industry and contributing to worsening
mental health of providers,” said Parth Bhakta, co-founder and CEO
of Vivian Health, whose marketplace for clinical talent has been
used by over 700,000 clinicians to find their next job.
“Fortunately, they are also telling us what to fix about it. We
have a roadmap from these caregivers on how to reduce the burden
they face from working in short-staffed facilities. We must find a
way to fix it.”
So, what will it take to recruit and retain healthcare workers?
While compensation took the top ranking, it’s not everything.
Nurses will base their decisions on four top factors in this
order:
- Compensation
- Mental Wellbeing
- Staff to Patient Ratios
- Respect
Significantly, “Benefits” was not a Top Four factor this year,
whereas last year it was the second most important factor.
This year, nurses shared that though wages are up, compensation
is not enough to keep them at the bedside: while 73.5% of
respondents reported earning more than last year (average earnings
$89,355), deteriorating mental health, trauma from the pandemic,
and burnout driven by a broken system that undervalues nurses are
listed as common reasons for resignation. Nurses, on average,
stated a willingness to accept $65 an hour for a permanent staff
position. This rate, while higher than the average for a permanent
nursing position, is lower than the average billing rate for travel
nurses.
The pandemic has taken an especially hard psychological toll on
healthcare workers. Nationwide, 41% of clinicians surveyed by
Vivian Health reported that their mental health has been severely
impacted working in healthcare during COVID-19, while only 6.2%
said it hasn’t been impacted at all.
- 76% said that morale in their hospital had gotten worse since
this time last year.
- 44% of respondents report that their unit is short-staffed “all
of the time or every day,” and 46.6% say that 2021 staff shortages
far surpassed the shortages experienced in 2020.
- 79.4% said that their employers were not doing enough to
support their mental health.
“Innovative strategies to support and nurture nurses' mental
health and wellbeing as they heal from the trauma of the pandemic
will be critical to ensuring that health systems and hospitals can
become more attractive environments for caregivers to work in. We
must make additional tools, resources, and support available to
clinicians and do everything we can to alleviate staff shortages at
our nation’s healthcare facilities to avoid perpetuating the
systemic challenges in the healthcare labor force and ultimately
threatening the care of patients across the country,” Bhakta
added.
Methodology:
Respondents were found using a combination of the Vivian Health
platform, online communities for healthcare workers and other
social media tools. Of 3,545 respondents, 77% were RN’s, with
additional respondents working as allied health and advanced
practice professionals. Vivian Health’s methodological goal was to
achieve a diversified sample that was representative of the overall
nursing community across the United States.
About Vivian Health
Vivian Health, an IAC company (NASDAQ: IAC), is the leading jobs
marketplace for clinical talent. Vivian Health empowers a broad
range of healthcare professionals to find jobs they love across
many types of healthcare work, including permanent roles, per-diem
shifts, local contracts, and travel positions. Built on intelligent
matching, transparent information, and the widest selection of job
opportunities, Vivian Health offers healthcare job seekers an
unrivaled solution for finding their next role. For employers,
Vivian Health helps fill roles 50% faster than traditional
recruiting practices and at a fraction of the cost, saving them
millions of dollars, and helping to alleviate labor shortages in
healthcare. Vivian Health is headquartered in San Francisco with
offices in Denver. To learn more about Vivian Health, visit
vivian.com
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