For over two years, the COVID-19 pandemic stressed nurses and tested their skills and stamina. Preexisting nursing shortages deepened, leading to heightened workloads and severe burnout among nurses. Now, in the aftermath of COVID, a new survey reveals a continuing crisis of nurses’ mental and physical well-being, patient care quality, and the overall public health infrastructure of Illinois. Results from a survey of 385 registered nurses conducted in early October of 2022 to February of 2023, reinforce findings from prior surveys highlighting a distressing situation in Illinois’ healthcare system.
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