Amid signs of a youth movement shoring up the nursing ranks, hospitals in the state are facing another problem of aging doctors retiring.
Nursing levels are showing signs of improving in Minnesota hospitals, just in time for health care leaders to fret about another problem: the unavoidable cliff of doctors from the baby boomer generation set to retire.
Both trends emerged in the Minnesota Hospital Association’s annual workforce survey released last week that continues to show the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the burnout it caused for doctors, nurses and other caregivers.