Any relief found in the news of a narrowing of the so-called physician gap may have just been offset by word of a major shortage of nurses brewing in the U.S.
In a new report, Georgetown University researchers say they have pinpointed an alarming stumbling block to the education and graduation of the number of nurses that will be needed by the health care system in 2020.
The university said that the projected shortfall of 193,000 nurses by that year is almost completely related to the current educational system's inability to find places in classrooms for thousands of qualified candidates. Those nursing school applicants are now being rejected simply because the programs are jammed and can't handle the number of solid applicants.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
