Why are Nurses Unhappy?
By Allison Varnum
May is National Nurse’s Month and Turn Medical wants to celebrate these essential caregivers! As a nurse, I want to write about a topic near and dear to my heart – nursing satisfaction. A survey done in New York and Illinois looked at nurses who left the field between 2018 and 2021.Close to 8,000 nurses left their jobs1! Why are nurses leaving the bedside? Nurse.org asked over 2,000 nurses questions about the state of nursing. When asked if nurses felt supported by their organization, 61 percent of nurses do not feel supported at work and 45 percent felt unsafe at work. Nurses are also concerned that the nursing shortage is getting worse with the primary causes being nurse burnout, poor working conditions, and inadequate staffing2. In an article from Becker’s, a former nurse expressed concern for patient safety due to working conditions1. Declining patient safety and quality of care is directly linked with nurse burnout3. As a former bedside nurse, I left a career I loved because I was burned out from inadequate staffing, apathy from other providers, and a lack of resources to help me effectively and safely do my job. Turn Medical gives me a new avenue to educate and provide tools for nurses currently working at the bedside.
Are there ways to protect nurses, thereby impacting patient safety? Turn Medical addresses this issue with the Pronova-O2™ Automated Prone Therapy System. Patients are more medically complex than ever and getting sicker. Nurses need the right tools to help them care for these patients. Our goals are to protect caregivers and turn patients toward positive outcomes, and we are here to help support nurses with our innovative technology and educational platform. For additional information on automated prone positioning, please visit turnmedical.com or call 1-855-275-8876. Refer to Pronova-O2 Instructions for Use for full prescribing information including risks.
- Twenter, P. (2024, April 10). Why nearly 8,000 nurses left their jobs. Becker’s. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/why-nearly-8-000-nurses-left-their-jobs.html
- Gaines, K. (2023, March 8). 2,000 nurses reveal the realities of nursing in 2023. Nurse.org. https://nurse.org/articles/state-of-nursing-2023/
- Jun, J. Ojemeni, M. Kalamani, Tong, J., Crecelius, M. (2021). Relationship between nurse burnout, patient and organizational outcomes: systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 119. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020748921000742
