A union survey found the vast majority of registered nurses in Massachusetts feel the quality of hospital care is declining, continuing a post-pandemic trend that most nurses feel Beacon Hill has failed to address.
In a Beacon Research survey of 505 registered nurses commissioned by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, nearly eight in 10 respondents said hospital care has worsened in the past two years, and roughly half said care has gotten “much worse.”
The 78% of nurses dismayed by care quality actually reflects improvement — the rate peaked at 85% in the spring of 2023 — but remains above pre-pandemic levels. In April 2019, 39% of nurses said they felt hospital care had gotten worse over the past two years. The rate was 27% in 2018, according to Beacon Research…