The impact of COVID-19 and increased workloads are affecting NSW nurses' mental health and wellbeing, and one in three are planning to quit their jobs in the next year.
A survey of 2300 nurses commissioned by the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association revealed workers are experiencing burnout, including 15 per cent suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress at clinical levels.
More than half (58 per cent) plan to leave their current role within five years, 37 per cent plan to go within a year and 22 per cent want to leave the health profession entirely.
