Patricia Pittman professor and director of the Mullan Institute at George Washington University discusses reasons for nurses quitting the profession.
Watch the interview here.
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Dr. Patricia Pittman, head of the Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at George Washington University was interviewed by WGRZ Chanel 2 New commenting about the shortage of nurses. Watch the full interview here.
Dr. Patricia Pittman was featured in The New York Times discussing staff shortages nurses face.
Find the full article here. Commenting on Nurses' conditions during COVID time Patricia Pittman, Ph.D., director of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. explains: “There’s a feeling of betrayal by the society,” “There’s incredible frustration that this was avoidable.”
Health field leaders have been warning for years that hospitals face a nursing shortage. One widely cited study projects a shortfall of 510,394 registered nurses by 2030. The main reasons, according to such groups as the American Nurses Association, are waves of baby boomer nurses entering retirement age, an aging population that will require more medical care (and more doctors and nurses), faculty shortages that limit the capacity of nursing schools to accept more students, and more nurses moving away from direct patient care or leaving the health field altogether because of stress. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing shortage of health workers, leaving many health care facilities short-staffed even as the number of nationwide coronavirus cases plummets, experts say.
"Nurse shortages are a long-standing issue, but because of COVID, it is anticipated to grow even more by next year," Dr. Ernest Grant, president of the American Nurses Association, told ABC News. "Nurses and other health workers are overworked and they are exhausted from the pandemic." |
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