Survey Says Nurses Overworked
Anyone who has visited a family member, loved one, or friend in a New Jersey hospital knows the is a nursing shortage, but researcher Linda Lynn of Rutgers College of Nursing in Newark just completed a survey that found nurses are feeling the strain of overwork and are leaving. The survey had 22,000 responders who said they do not there is enough staff at there institutions. With the average nurse being 50 years old and having 24 years experience and working 10 hours a day, these nurses can speak with some authority.
That nurses are concerned about their workload making them unable to do their jobs effectively bears heeding. The survey estimated that by 2020 New Jersey would face a shortage of nurses of about 49 percent below the demand. The shortage is exacerbated by the lack of professors to train new nurses. So the problem is not likely to be corrected immediately.