Nurses in 2024 – A Brief Check-in
Impact on Patients
Nurses and other healthcare professionals typically derive job satisfaction from the positive impact they have on patients. Nurses were asked what impact they have had on patients in 2024.
Q4 How would you rate your impact on the health and well-being of patients in 2024?
37% EXTREMELY POSITIVE
37% MODERATELY POSITIVE
17% SOMEWHAT POSITIVE
6% SLIGHTLY POSITIVE
3% NOT AT ALL POSITIVE
The great majority of nurses (91%) said they have had an “extremely positive,” “moderately positive,” or “somewhat positive” impact on the health and well-being of patients this year, while only 9% said they had a “slightly positive” or “not at all positive” impact. There are times when the impact nurses have on the health and well-being of patients may be diminished by circumstances outside their control, such as limited resources, insufficient staffing or the conditions and attitudes of patients themselves. While over one-third of nurses surveyed (37%) said they have had an “extremely positive” impact on patients in 2023, that number might be higher given the wider availability of the resources and support nurses need to provide quality patient care.
“As my career advances, I find nurses to be more subject to paperwork/computer work and less involved in patient care.”
Ideally, the majority of nurses should consider the impact they have on patients to be “extremely positive.” Were this the case, the number of nurses who plan to seek new jobs might be lower and nurse retention rates higher.
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