The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has warned of a large number of fatalities between health workers. As per the ICN, at least 3,000 nurses globally have died due to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
In addition to this, the ICN stated that burnout and stress had led millions of nurses to consider quitting the profession with a fewer number of experienced nurses could be left to handle regular hospital care. Nurses had gone through "mass traumatization" during the pandemic and "given everything they can".
Citing that the pandemic "could trigger a mass exodus from the profession" as early as the second half of 2021, ICN has called on governments to invest in training more new nurses to address the global shortage and introduce a better pay package to encourage nurses to stay on in the profession.
As per the statistics, the total number of the global workforce of nurses was 27 million with six million short during the pandemic.
In addition to this, the ICN stated that burnout and stress had led millions of nurses to consider quitting the profession with a fewer number of experienced nurses could be left to handle regular hospital care. Nurses had gone through "mass traumatization" during the pandemic and "given everything they can".
Citing that the pandemic "could trigger a mass exodus from the profession" as early as the second half of 2021, ICN has called on governments to invest in training more new nurses to address the global shortage and introduce a better pay package to encourage nurses to stay on in the profession.
As per the statistics, the total number of the global workforce of nurses was 27 million with six million short during the pandemic.
