US Estimates 500,000 Nurses needed between 2016 to 2025 on top of local US nurses

October 12, 2008 · Filed Under Insights, Work in the US · 1 Comment 

It has been reported that US Labor Department gave estimates that they will be needing 500,000 more foreign nurses between 2016 until 2025 as there will be millions of elderly American citizens within this period that needs specialized care.

This is on top of the current training for their local nurses which is expected be not enough to attend to the needs of the growing aging population.