Nurse Immigration – More Nurses are Needed
BusinessWeek: For more than a decade, the US has faced a shortage of nurses to staff hospitals and nursing homes. While the current recession has encourages some who had left the profession to return, about 100,000 positions remain unfilled. That alot!
Experts say that if more is not done to entice people to enter the field – and to expand the US’ nurse training capacity, that number could triple or quadruple by 2025. President Obama’s goal of expanding health coverage to millions of the uninsured could also face additional hurdles if the supply of nurses can’t meet the demand.
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