A survey in 2025 found that, over a third of nurses said having enforced minimum nurse-patient ratios would be most influential to them keeping their job or staying in the nursing profession. A wage increase would also entice some to stay.
Share of nurses in Canada who said select changes or incentives would keep them in their job or staying in the nursing profession in 2025
Original question: "How influential would each of the following be in keeping your job or staying in the nursing profession? Please rank in order of most influential to least influential."Â
Figures show the share of nurses who ranked the answers and number one.
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Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. (March 22, 2025). Share of nurses in Canada who said select changes or incentives would keep them in their job or staying in the nursing profession in 2025 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456342/retention-solutions-for-nurses-wanting-to-quit-canada/
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. "Share of nurses in Canada who said select changes or incentives would keep them in their job or staying in the nursing profession in 2025." Chart. March 22, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456342/retention-solutions-for-nurses-wanting-to-quit-canada/
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. (2025). Share of nurses in Canada who said select changes or incentives would keep them in their job or staying in the nursing profession in 2025. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456342/retention-solutions-for-nurses-wanting-to-quit-canada/
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. "Share of Nurses in Canada Who Said Select Changes or Incentives Would Keep Them in Their Job or Staying in The Nursing Profession in 2025." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456342/retention-solutions-for-nurses-wanting-to-quit-canada/
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Share of nurses in Canada who said select changes or incentives would keep them in their job or staying in the nursing profession in 2025 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456342/retention-solutions-for-nurses-wanting-to-quit-canada/ (last visited May 13, 2025)
Share of nurses in Canada who said select changes or incentives would keep them in their job or staying in the nursing profession in 2025 [Graph], Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, March 22, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456342/retention-solutions-for-nurses-wanting-to-quit-canada/
