While workforce metrics continue to stabilize, deeper trends reveal ongoing strain and uncertainty within the nursing profession. Beneath the surface, nurses are increasingly questioning the sustainability of their roles, and rising intent-to-leave rates threaten the future of bedside care.

This report highlights the most pressing challenges shaping nursing today: workplace violence, bullying and incivility, unsustainable staffing and workloads, poor work-life balance, and limited career growth opportunities.

Together, these trends underscore the need to look beyond traditional staffing metrics to understand what is truly driving nurse engagement, retention, and long-term workforce stability.