Why do nearly four in 10 nurses want to leave the profession

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · May 26, 2026 · 484 words · By Rafael Salido

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What to know about Why do nearly four in 10 nurses want to leave the profession

A study in Spain reveals that job insecurity, excessive workload and perceptions of poor care quality are the main reasons nurses want to quit the profession.

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What happened

A study in Spain reveals that job insecurity, excessive workload and perceptions of poor care quality are the main reasons nurses want to quit the profession.

Why it matters

The phenomenon also reflects a structural trend across Europe.

Common ground

Nurses’ intention to leave the profession in Spain is not down to a single factor, but to a set of structural conditions that undermine the day-to-day practice of nursing, notably job insecurity and poor quality of care.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that 60% of those surveyed admit to omitting care?
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Claim 1: “60% of those surveyed admit to omitting care”

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Two separate snippets from the same reporting source ('Job insecurity and poor care quality drive nurses to quit the profession') explicitly state that 60% of those surveyed admit to omitting care.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... ... patient care, which means 60% of those surveyed admit to omitting care. ... The Spanish study, part of the Strategic Framework for Nursing Care ...
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/26/job-insecurity-an…

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web search NEUTRAL — However, the direct consequence of missed care remains unclear. Design. Systematic review. Methods. We searched Medline (via Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOhost) and ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6001747/

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... ... patient care, which means 60% of those surveyed admit to omitting care. ... The Spanish study, part of the Strategic Framework for Nursing Care ...
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/job-insecurity-poor-care-quality-0…

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Claim 2: “This is shown by the largest study carried out to date in the country, led by the Ministry of Health and the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), based on more than 20,000 responses and published in the Journal of Nursing Management”

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While the existence of the Ministry of Health and ISCIII is verified by Wikipedia, the specific details of this study (20,000 responses, published in Journal of Nursing Management) are only found in the context of the single reporting source provided in the web results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Carlos III Health Institute (Spanish: Instituto de Salud Carlos III; ISCIII) is a Spanish public health research institute, legally constituted as a public research agency (organismo público de in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_III_Health_Institute

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Health (MISAN) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and executing the government policy on health, planning and providing healthcare as well as the ex…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_(Spain)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Centre for Cancer Research (Spanish: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, CNIO) is a Spanish research institute. The centre is situated on the campus of the Carlos III Health I…
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Claim 3: “regions such as Madrid, the Canary Islands, Galicia and the Balearic Islands show more than twice the likelihood of intending to leave as Navarra”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding regional differences between Madrid, Canary Islands, Galicia, Balearic Islands, and Navarra.

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Claim 4: “56.5% of those who want to quit the profession cite lack of stability as the main reason”

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The web results confirm that job insecurity is a main reason for nurses wanting to quit in Spain, but the specific figure of 56.5% is not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spanish might refer to: Items from or related to Spain: Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas Spanish cuisin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It originated in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

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Claim 5: “temporary contracts increase the likelihood of leaving by 33%, while the perception of poor patient safety raises the risk by 81%”

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The specific percentages (33% for temporary contracts and 81% for patient safety) are not found in the provided evidence snippets, although the general themes of job insecurity and patient safety are mentioned in the same report as the other claims.

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Claim 6: “almost four in 10 nursing professionals in Spain are considering leaving the profession in the next decade”

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The claim that almost four in 10 nursing professionals in Spain are considering leaving is corroborated by a specific report titled 'Job insecurity and poor care quality drive nurses to quit the profession' and another web result mentioning approximately 40.8% of nurses reporting a high intention to leave.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: La guerra civil española) was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front governmen…
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Claim 7: “The Spanish study, part of the Strategic Framework for Nursing Care 2025–2027”

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The mention of the 'Strategic Framework for Nursing Care 2025–2027' appears in the web search results associated with the report on Spanish nurses, but is not corroborated by other independent sources.

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Claim 8: “The report concludes that 39.6% of nurses surveyed intend to leave the profession in the next 10 years, and 17% expect to do so within just two years”

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The specific figures (39.6% in 10 years and 17% in two years) are explicitly stated in the web search result 'Job insecurity and poor care quality drive nurses to quit the profession', but no other independent source confirms these exact percentages.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2009–10 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Spain.
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Claim 9: “only 34.5% of specialist nurses work in their field”

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The web results for this claim returned irrelevant information about clothing brands and OnlyFans; no data regarding specialist nurses in Spain was found.

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