JAMA Network: 5 Reasons Why Nurses Leave Their Jobs

  1. burnout: 31.5%
  2. stressful work environment: 34.4%
  3. inadequate staffing: 30.0%
  4. lack of good management or leadership: 33.9%
  5. better pay and/or benefits: 26.5%
Notes: Results from a survey including 418,769 nurses who left their jobs in 2017 (making up 9.5% of 3,957,661 responding nurses), reported in an article entitled, "Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Nurse Burnout in the US," by Megha K. Shah, MD, MSc; Nikhila Gandrakota, MBBS, MPH; Jeannie P. Cimiotti, PhD, RN; et al.

Source: JAMA Network, February 4, 2021 - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2775923

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