In the survey conducted in February and March last year, researchers at the University of Michigan found that 39 percent of responding nurses said they planned to leave the profession within a year. That’s up from prior findings of about 20 percent in a survey a colleague conducted in December 2019 and January 2020, Fries said.
The percentage of planned departures is the highest rate Fries has ever seen in large surveys during his 25 years…