Nursing Shortage: alleviating burnout

To eliminate the global nursing shortage leaders must address the burnout challenge, show appreciation and begin building a healthy culture.

Many factors have been contributing to this nursing shortage over the last few years, but the recent pandemic has accelerated one factor in particular: nurse burnout. Contributing factors to the growing nursing shortage We no longer have generations of nurses who want to stay until retirement. What the nursing shortage means for healthcare systems LeAnn Thieman: Currently, the patient load on nurses is much higher than normal. In intensive care, there can be one nurse per one patient, but because of the shortage, they often have three patients to care for.