According to this 2023 survey, 33 percent of registered nurses in the United States were satisfied with the time they could spend with their patients, of which 11 percent were extremely close to satisfied. On the other hand, that year, 27 percent of surveyed registered nurses stated not to feel close to the ideal time they would like to spend with patients.
Share of registered nurses by satisfaction with the time spent with their patients in the United States in 2023
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The question was framed as "How much time do you feel that you have to spend with your patients?"
The survey polled more than 800,000 Registered Nurses in the United States from Jan. 5 to Jan. 18, 2023, and received 18,226 completed questionnaires used in this report, of which 11,918 were from staff nurses with the remainder being travel nurses, per diem and other. The margin of error is 1% at a 99% confidence level, and the response rate is 2.5%.
Percentages in the report may not total 100% due to
rounding or to comparisons of independent samples.
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Merritt Hawkins. (May 1, 2023). Share of registered nurses by satisfaction with the time spent with their patients in the United States in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389158/satisfaction-of-nurses-with-the-time-devoted-to-patients-united-states/
Merritt Hawkins. "Share of registered nurses by satisfaction with the time spent with their patients in the United States in 2023." Chart. May 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389158/satisfaction-of-nurses-with-the-time-devoted-to-patients-united-states/
Merritt Hawkins. (2023). Share of registered nurses by satisfaction with the time spent with their patients in the United States in 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389158/satisfaction-of-nurses-with-the-time-devoted-to-patients-united-states/
Merritt Hawkins. "Share of Registered Nurses by Satisfaction with The Time Spent with Their Patients in The United States in 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389158/satisfaction-of-nurses-with-the-time-devoted-to-patients-united-states/
Merritt Hawkins, Share of registered nurses by satisfaction with the time spent with their patients in the United States in 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389158/satisfaction-of-nurses-with-the-time-devoted-to-patients-united-states/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Share of registered nurses by satisfaction with the time spent with their patients in the United States in 2023 [Graph], Merritt Hawkins, May 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389158/satisfaction-of-nurses-with-the-time-devoted-to-patients-united-states/