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2023 Nursing trends and salary survey results
The more than 3,500 nurses who took part in the American Nurse Journal’s seventh annual Trends and Salary Survey helped paint a slightly more hopeful portrait of nursing in 2023 with regard to turnover rates, higher salaries, and personal safety. However, challenges still exist. For example, although a smaller percentage of nurse managers report more open positions in the past 12 months, they told us that recruiting to fill those vacancies has been harder this year than last. And most nurse managers say turnover increased in the past 12 months, though at a lower percentage than in 2022.
Job satisfaction (flat for nurse managers at 63% but up from 65% to 70% for clinical nurses) may play a role in the slight improvement in turnover. A contributing factor to the job satisfaction rise could be improved staffing levels, with 56% of clinical nurses reporting that staffing levels at their organization met patient needs at least 80% of the time— an increase from 49% the year before.
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