America’s persistent nursing shortage reached a dramatic new inflection point earlier this year when 7,000 New York City nurses went on strike, alleging that their hospitals are so short staffed they’re unsafe. New York’s strike comes on the heels of 714 strikes or labor actions from healthcare personnel over the past two years, many centered around inadequate staffing and pay. In a 2022 survey,
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We used data from National Health Workforce Account 2018, Periodic Labour Force Survey 2018–19, population projection of Census of India, and government documents and reports. We distinguish between total stock of health professionals and active health workforce. We estimated current shortages in the health workforce using WHO and ILO recommended health worker:population ratio thresholds and extrapolated the supply of health
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Nearly 350 already trained health-care workers from the Philippines have been offered letters of intentafter a recruitment mission to the country last month, the Manitobahealth minister says. Audrey Gordon said the letters were given to nearly 190 registered nurses, 50 people who are the equivalent of licensed practical nurses and 110 health-care aides during the province’s five-day trip to Manila,
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The UConn School of Nursing and the UConn School of Social Work (SSW) have been awarded more than $6 million through the new CT Health Horizons program to address statewide shortages in social work and nursing. The funding is fromCT Health Horizons, a higher education program designed to address statewide shortages in social work and nursing. Beginning this spring, and over three
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TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com)– Almost one out of every 10 hospitals in Texas is in danger of closing – that alarming statistic comes from the Texas Hospital Association, citing soaring expenses and historic workforce shortages. It is a crisis, they admit, that was brewing before the pandemic, then COVID pushed hospitals to the brink. “It was unexplainable how difficult it was
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The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance continues to face significant staffing challenges in clinical areas. The board of governors recently discussed the issue, as the alliance is experiencing a veryhigh number of long-term leaves, mostly consisting of maternity leaves. That has resulted in several temporary jobs to fill, but in the current employment environment, those temporary jobs are no longer attractive. The
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Facing nursing shortages, provincial governments are trying to recruit abroad. But these latest efforts have internationally educated nurses already in Canada feeling ignored. Read more..
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If you’ve recently been a patient in a hospital or seen your physician, you most likely experienced the impact of our nationwide nursing shortage. Longer wait times, delayed care and even patient harm can all result from an inadequate number of nurses to meet rising demand. South Carolina already has too few nurses and is expected to be among the
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“We talked about nursing shortages and how important it is to have trained individuals all throughout the spectrum. I’m really proud of the work they’re doing here in Princeton.” Capito said. One way this shortage is already being addressed is the new nursing program at Concord University, which has been funded in part with federal dollars due to Capito and
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Nurses were a hot topic on medical Twitter this past weekend when the ophthalmologist and comedian known as Dr. Glaucomflecken posed a hypothetical scenario to healthcare professionals: What would you ask your hospital’s chief medical officer for if you could request one change that they would have to make (besides more money for yourself)? “Can I ask for more money for the
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