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2024 Nursing Workforce Outlook Report

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How do healthcare leaders really feel about the outlook of the nursing workforce?

Fueled by insights from executives at 100+ top U.S. health systems and proprietary data from 1,500 hospitals using Incredible Health’s marketplace, this report highlights key challenges in the nursing workforce and positive trends, including nurse hiring and retention trends, compensation increases, flexible scheduling, use of AI, and workplace safety.

Here’s what you’ll uncover:
The Nursing Shortage Crisis: 90% of healthcare leaders predict the nursing shortage will worsen, driven by nurses fleeing to non-bedside roles and abandoning the industry altogether.
AI: The Controversial Lifeline: AI is no longer a futuristic fantasy—54% of executives are exploring AI technologies to streamline nursing operations. Will AI be the savior we hope for, or introduce new complexities?
Money Talks: 64% of hospitals increased salaries for nurses in the last year. Boosting salaries and flexible scheduling options emerged as the most effective strategies to improve nurse hiring and retention.

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Iman Abuzeid, M.D., is the co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health, the largest career marketplace for permanent healthcare workers, with the mission of helping healthcare professionals live better lives, and find and do their best work. The company founded in 2017, has raised $100 million from top venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and health systems Kaiser Permanente and Johns Hopkins, and is valued at $1.65 billion, making Iman one of the few CEOs to run a “unicorn” startup (a company valued at over $1 billion). Iman is an MD, and holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Iman’s immediate family has 3 surgeons, and as a doctor herself, she understands the importance of choosing the right stepping stones in a clinical career. It’s what drives her belief in Incredible Health and its potential to reliably help clinicians manage their career.

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