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US Sees Return of Nursing Shortage
31 July 2015 - - The on-again/off-again nursing shortage in America definitely is on again, according to an 18-month study of job vacancy and hiring data at 50 hospitals across the US, according to a study from healthcare talent acquisition company USr Healthcare. USr's study covered 50 small, medium and large for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals in urban and rural markets across 10 states, reaching from East Coast to West Coast. The 50 hospitals reported a significant hiring gap. Despite filling more than a third of available openings each month, they still experienced a 73% growth in all open clinical positions, the majority for nurses. The hospitals couldn't hire nurses fast enough to stay ahead of the need. America's 2.8m nurses make up the single largest health profession in the US, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fully one-third of current US nurses will reach retirement age in the next ten to 15 years. At the same time, the entire baby boomer generation is creating more demand, the so-called "Silver Tsunami." The Affordable Care Act has created a significant new pool of patients. However, the expected retirement of as many as 75% of current nursing educators could reduce the output of new registered nurses to the lowest level in 20 years.
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