Will Your State Have a Shortage of Nurses in the Next Decade?
Overall, the United States is predicted to see a shortage of 193,000 nursing professionals by 2020, according to a 2015 report.
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Overall, the United States is predicted to see a shortage of 193,000 nursing professionals by 2020, according to a 2015 report produced by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce titled, “
The Southeast and the West are 2 of the regions projected to be hit the hardest. Factors that contribute to the predicted shortages include an increasingly aging population, the size of graduating nursing classes, and nurses’ career decisions based on pay and locality.
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