The nationwide nursing shortage, which began before the pandemic and accelerated when overworked nurses joined the Great Resignation, will get a lot worse before it gets better.

According to a new survey from AMN Healthcare Services, nearly one in three registered nurses responded that they're likely to seek a different job. Consulting giant McKinsey released a study last month warning that the shortfall of nurses in the US is on a trajectory that could top 450,000—double the gap at the end of 2022.

Job openings in health care surged above 2M in April, on a pace to top last year's record, Bloomberg reported—but the pipeline needed to fill the nursing shortage is shrinking rather than expanding:

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