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Survey: 35% of Baby Boomer Nurses Plan a Career Change in the Next One to Three Years
April 4th, 2008
Over one-third of baby boomer nurses plan to retire in the next one to three years, find a non-nursing job, work part-time, or work as travel nurses, a new survey indicates. Conducted by AMN Healthcare, the largest health care staffing firm in the country, the survey of 1,830 nurses age 45-60 suggests that many baby boomer nurses may be facing career burn-out. About 46 percent of those surveyed said that working as a nurse has become less satisfying in the last five years, about twice the number who said nursing has become more satisfying. Less than half of those surveyed (43 percent) said they would choose nursing as a career if they were starting out today, and only...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-04-04)
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