nursing shortage

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A coalition that includes leaders of groups representing nursing homes, hospitals, assisted-living facilities and home-health providers detailed issues such as shortages of nurses and certified nursing assistants and a lack of nursing faculty and student slots at colleges and universities.

The program will train existing nurses to overcome burnout caused by COVID-19 while developing a pipeline for new nurses to join the hospital.

In advance of the 2022 legislative session, lawmakers eye ways to bolster education and training programs for nurses and other health professionals to help alleviate industry-wide staffing woes.

For the minority of nursing students who have refused a COVID shot, the Biden administration's vaccine policy could mean they can’t get the training they need in a hospital or other health care venue.

Nursing shortages were already a problem, but the COVID-19 pandemic and population growth are making things worse.

At the forefront of the concerns is a shortage of nurses, which the executives told lawmakers has created an emergency for hospital administrators.

USF is now home to the Florida Center for Nursing, where research is conducted on the supply and demand of the nursing field.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused nurses to leave the profession or retire and federal officials estimate there will be a need for 1.1 million new nurses by 2022.

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