A third of Australia's nurses are thinking of leaving the profession

By Anna Patty
Updated September 28 2016 - 10:08pm, first published 9:18pm
Catherine Taylor, who resigned from nursing in April this year because the job had become "too dangerous" with inexperienced staff in a mental health uni at a hospital in south-western Sydney. Photo: Andrew Darby
Catherine Taylor, who resigned from nursing in April this year because the job had become "too dangerous" with inexperienced staff in a mental health uni at a hospital in south-western Sydney. Photo: Andrew Darby
A new study of nurses and midwives' wellbeing found almost a third of Australia's nurses are thinking of leaving the profession. Photo: Joe Armao
A new study of nurses and midwives' wellbeing found almost a third of Australia's nurses are thinking of leaving the profession. Photo: Joe Armao
Brett Holmes, general secretary of the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association. Photo: Ryan Osland
Brett Holmes, general secretary of the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association. Photo: Ryan Osland

Nursing had become "too dangerous" for Catherine Taylor before she left the profession.

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