Staffing Gaps Create More Staffing Gaps

Chris Caufield discusses the challenging cycle facing the nursing profession, where staff shortages lead to increased workload and burnout among existing nurses. The speaker explains how this creates a self-perpetuating problem: when nurses feel unable to effectively care for patients due to understaffing, they become more burnt out, which in turn leads to higher turnover rates and even greater nursing shortages. The core issue is that nurses struggle to accomplish their fundamental goal of helping people get better and healthier when resources are stretched too thin.