Navigating the Shift in the Nursing  Workforce

The next two columns will discuss the changing nursing labor market and that for the foreseeable future, travel nursing will continue to lure nurses away from permanent positions.1 Many agree that as a result of the pandemic, the nursing workforce is now “different”—different in revised expectations of the work environment, compensation, benefits, their health and well-being, and greater control and flexibility over their work schedule. Couple this with the loss of 100,000 nurses under 49 years of age who left the workforce,2 plus the current and ongoing nursing shortage, the nursing labor market has indeed shifted.
Source: Nurse Leader - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: The Career Coaching Corner Source Type: research