Why Are Nurses Quitting When We Need Them Most?

from Dr. Carole's Couch Hosted by Dr. Carole Lieberman

The Covid19 Pandemic has made us realize that our lives, and the lives of our loved ones, may well depend up the dedication of a nurse! Yet within the first two years of practice, 33% of new nurses leave the profession. Why are so many walking away from a stable and rewarding career, and what can we do about it? Today's guest, Nancy Congleton, is an outspoken registered nurse known as Nurse Nancy. She takes us behind the scenes to reveal why nurses are fleeing! Having worked in the NICU, ER and in case management. she's the author of Autopsy of the NP: Dissecting the Nurse Profession Piece by Piece. In addition to offering solutions, she'll reveal the unexpected realities of the nursing profession, relationship dynamics that nurses face, legal issues and the concerns we all should have when nurses feel so unprepared and overworked that they leave. Why do people decide to become nurses, anyway? And is this changing because of the coronavirus pandemic?