Nursing Shortage

Countries like Japan, Singapore, Germany have over 10,000 nursing jobs waiting for skilled professionals: Meghalaya CM

“We believe that this initiative will not only benefit the nurses by offering them enriching career prospects in foreign countries but also contribute to enhancing the global reputation of the nursing community from Meghalaya. I am proud to share that we have more than 11,000 registered members in the Meghalaya nursing council. India is poised to supply over 40% of

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Careers of the Future: Nursing

With a rapidly expanding population, health services in Australia and around the world are going to be even more important in the future. No matter where you launch your healthcare career, nurses, doctors and health workers will become increasingly critical.  https://insiderguides.com.au/careers-future-nursing/

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Experts cite caretaker shortages in surge of Wisconsin nursing home closures

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Nearly two dozen nursing homes have closed since 2020, according to LeadingAge Wisconsin. Experts say these closures are disproportionately impacting rural communities, and leaving a hole in the health care system. Oakwood Village in Madison celebrated an open house on Wednesday at its new modern facility featuring 60 beds, 450-square-foot suites and a café. “A very

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Inside 3 Disruptive Trends Reshaping Skilled Nursing Sector

The skilled nursing sector is in the midst of upheaval, and providers must create and execute on strategies that involve difficult choices and significant financial investments if they hope to thrive in the future. “We are in a period of disruption,” Dana Wollschlager, partner and industry practice leader of senior living development and advisory services for Plante Moran Living Forward,

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Healthcare drain

In April 2020, during the first phase of the pandemic, Romania was confronted with the highest number of corona infections and deaths in all of Europe. Not only because of suspicion about the vaccine. But there was also simply too little healthcare staff to care for patients. According to the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW), between 2010 and

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Nurses to minister: ‘I don’t think we can carry on much longer’

Stretched emergency departments, working conditions for senior nurses, frustrations around visa applications for incoming nurses and poor intakes for nursing courses at domestic universities all discussed. Verrall says she agrees that change is needed. “I knew many of the nurses I sat down with today. When I hear their stories I can imagine exactly what it will be like because

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Durbin seeks answers to health care worker shortage

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Tuesday met with Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Sameer Vohra and Medicaid Administrator at Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) Kelly Cunningham to discuss workforce shortages in the health care sector, and public heath funding to ensure Illinoisans can continue to get the high quality,

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Funding and staffing shortages force Connecticut women’s recovery program to close

HARTFORD, Conn. — A local group from the New England Health Care Employee’s union called for action on International Women’s Day Wednesday from Connecticut lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont for funding to staff the Sisters Together Achieve Recovery or STAR program.  The STAR program shut down during the pandemic, but due to staffing shortages and lack of funding the program will close

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Ontario will be short 33,000 nurses and PSWs by 2028, financial watchdog projects

Ontario is projected to be short 33,000 nurses and personal support workers by 2028 despite Premier Doug Ford’s investment in the sector, the province’s fiscal watchdog said in a specialhealth-care reportreleased Wednesday. The Financial Accountability Office (FAO),which is a body that provides independent analysis on the state of Ontario’s finances, also saysthe government will be short $21 billion to cover

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