The American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment surveyed 500 registered nurses during the month of December. Their sample population was foreign-educated.
Key findings from the survey:
- More than 93 percent of nurses say their hospital is experiencing a staffing shortage, up from 59 percent in a 2020 survey.
- Seventy-five percent of nurses say their long-term plans to remain in the career will be affected if staffing shortages are not corrected, up from one-third of respondents in 2021.
- Forty percent of nurses say their hospitals have closed beds because of staffing shortages, and 72 percent say their hospital cannot provide adequate care to patients because of them.
- Sixty-one percent say workplace stress negatively affects them outside of work: 79 percent reported exhaustion, 69 percent reported burnout and 45 percent reported feeling undervalued.
- Fifty-three percent of nurses say burnout is the cause of staffing shortages, while 37 percent pointed to staff resignations.
Read the full report here.
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