Here is how the pandemic affected career satisfaction rates for six nursing specialties:
Registered nurses
Increased satisfaction: 6%
Did not change satisfaction: 42%
Decreased satisfaction: 52%
Licensed practical nurses
Increased satisfaction: 8%
Did not change satisfaction: 51%
Decreased satisfaction: 41%
Nurse practitioners
Increased satisfaction: 6%
Did not change satisfaction: 44%
Decreased satisfaction: 50%
Clinical nurse specialists
Increased satisfaction: 10%
Did not change satisfaction: 51%
Decreased satisfaction: 40%
Certified registered nurse anesthetists
Increased satisfaction: 6%
Did not change satisfaction: 51%
Decreased satisfaction: 43%
Nursing managers
Increased satisfaction: 2%
Did not change satisfaction: 46%
Decreased satisfaction: 52%
