A Recipe For Danger: Nursing Shortage Could Reach 1M By 2020
An aging nursing population, the growing need for nursing services and an insufficient number of facilities to train new nurses are coming together to create a 'nursing crisis', according to a recent article in The Iowa Independent. The congruence of factors will lead to dramatic shortages of nurses both in Iowa and on a national basis. The American Health Care Association estimates the the nursing shortage will explode in coming years. Among the nursing shortage numbers predicted by the AHCA include: July, 2009: 116,000 vacant nursing positions in hospitals and 19,000 vacant nursing positions in long-term care facilities. 2010:...
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