Is bad press reducing interest in a nursing career in Quebec?

Stress. Overtime. Staff shortages. Exhaustion.
The difficult working conditions for Quebec nurses have been criticized in the media for a long time, where horror stories from those working within the system are published on an almost weekly basis.
But has that bad press made it less attractive for someone to even want to study the profession?
Recent statistics from the Service régional d’admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM), which oversees admissions for 32