After 26 million COVID-19 vax doses, practice nurses say they are ‘burnt out’
Practice nurses say they are “exhausted and burnt out” by the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with more than a quarter planning to quit in the next five years.
The figures come from a national survey which also found three-quarters of nurses were working regular overtime to keep up with the demands of the rollout.
Of the 1061 nurses questioned, some 87% reported feeling stressed at work, 80% were exhausted and 79% were feeling burnt out.
Karen Booth, president of Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association which ran the survey last year, said many factors were to blame.