The decision to expand the degree-granting authority of community colleges came in response to the overwhelming demand, on the local, state, and national levels, for more registered nurses, especially those with a BSN. In fact, the profession ranks on Ohio’s top 10 critical jobs list. The purpose of expanding the degree awarding privilege is a step toward offsetting this significant
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Addressing nursing shortages, enrollment at the Centofanti School of Nursing at Youngstown State University grew more than 80% in the past five years, making it one of the largest majors on campus. According to Dr. Nancy Wagner, director of the YSU nursing school, the school currently enrolls 415 undergraduates and 345 graduate students, preparing them for a
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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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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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Hospitals, health systems and ASCs are facing devastating physician and nurse shortages, and many leaders feel policy makers’ solutions are insufficient. Marsha Haley, MD, clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, recently joinedBecker’sto discuss physician pay and healthcare trends. Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for brevity and clarity. Question: What healthcare trends
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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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As a nurse for 38 years, I have had the privilege to care for patients in a variety of roles including as a nurse on the front line at a neonatal intensive care unit in Las Vegas. From there, I now have the honor of leading nurse and physician collaboration and service initiatives like patient experience, nursing recruitment, retention and
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The issues that result from a mismatch of supply and demand are easier to understand than they can be to resolve, and particularly dismaying when they involve a shortage of providers for health care and a growing number of those who need that care, whether in hospital, nursing facility or home settings. The problem is no more plainly stated than
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Full staffing is central to patient experience, and patient experience is central to the health care system’s future, executives said. Read more.
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The University of Waikato has doubled its intake of nursing students for 2023 in the face of severe staff shortages in the health workforce, welcoming a record 211 new students into its Registered Nursing programmes. The acting dean of Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, Dr Jo Lane, says: “We’re really pleased to welcome so many high-quality nursing students to
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