Researchers from the nurses association anonymously polled 850 nurses across the state.
Key findings:
- Seventy-five percent of nurses surveyed were unsure or unlikely to leave their jobs soon.
- Nurses identified lack of sufficient staff and heavy patient loads, physical exhaustion and lack of support staff to alleviate non-nursing tasks among top contributors to nursing shortages.
- Nurses identified more nursing staff, higher pay and adequate times for lunch and/or breaks as top contributors to alleviate the nursing shortage.
