Fewer people in Europe want to become nurses post-COVID. These countries saw the worst declines
While it brought the globe to a standstill, the COVID-19 pandemic served to highlight the critical role of frontline health workers. It also spotlighted the challenging and demanding conditions within the healthcare sector, exposing many parts of our health systems that have been chronically understaffed. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the latter has led to extended overwork and severe stress for healthcare workers. A third of nurses report witnessing patients die due to staff shortages, new global survey findsThis, in turn, has resulted in wide...