Mental Health Nursing Burnout Retirement 
Minority Nurse
JUNE 19, 2025
A Profession Under Pressure The nursing profession is currently facing unprecedented challenges. Burnout, rising turnover rates, and a wave of retirements have created a perfect storm. According to recent data from the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing , the U.S.
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Longer lifespans extend the period when patients need care, intensifying demands on an already strained healthcare system and worsening the nursing shortage. In 2022, the median age of employed registered nurses was 46 years old, and more than 25% of all RNs say they will retire or leave the nursing field within the next five years.
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Diversity Nursing
JULY 10, 2023
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nurses have experienced higher rates of burnout which has led to an increased number of Nurses leaving bedside Nursing or even the Nursing profession altogether. Mental Health Awareness Mental health is an essential aspect of well-being for everyone, including Nurses.
Life of a Nurse
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
One of the largest cohorts for Registered Nurses and Physicians was 55 years and over (another significant one was 64+ old). According to RNAO (2021) 1/3 of nurses 50+ years are considering retirement within 2-5 years. The physicians have a significant pattern of retiring, leaving practices, and not entering family medicine.
Daily Nurse
MAY 30, 2024
The authors of the study introduce it thus: “ Americans’ health depends on the well-being of our healthcare workforce. Our nation’s health workers face a mental health crisis, as spotlighted in a CDC Vital Signs report in October 2023. fewer patients per clinician). “In Is your employer paying attention?
Minority Nurse
JULY 5, 2023
Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. She is the owner of aneesahcoates.com and is passionate about helping nurses, current and aspiring, learn more about the profession.
Nurse Deck
JANUARY 20, 2023
This only makes the existing shortage of nurses in many areas much worse. Nursing burnout Nursing burnout can be a product of many things and affects almost all nurses. Being a nurse is complex, and the work environment can be harsh. It is hugely taxing in all aspects for the nurse.
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