Newsday
Mercy Hospital has received a $4 million grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to improve the workplace for its nurses.
The Rockville Centre hospital, part of the Catholic Health network, is one of 13 hospitals in the state, and the only one on Long Island, to receive the grant from the nonprofit that seeks to upgrade the conditions of New York hospitals…
…Jean Moore, the director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies, said the shortage has been going on for a long time.
“People always say, ‘Well, was it the pandemic? Did the pandemic do it?’ The pandemic didn’t create the problem. We’ve had nursing shortages for a long time, but it really exacerbated it. During the pandemic, people left the field for a variety of reasons. Some nurses retired, some became ill. Some left because they were afraid of becoming ill, or had family obligations or better job opportunities,” Moore said.