Nurses jobs now in ample supply in Hawaii adding to the oversupply issue
The longtime nursing shortage in Hawaii has now turned into an oversupply, leaving many recent graduates without jobs, and the economic slowdown is to blame, nursing executives here say.
This is further aggravated by the fact that nurses who were scheduled to retire or move to other jobs have postponed their plans, some because their spouses lost jobs or because of substantial losses in retirement savings.
Nurse turnover at Hawaii Pacific Health — the state’s largest health care system, employing nearly 1,600 nurses — has Read more
US Estimates 500,000 Nurses needed between 2016 to 2025 on top of local US nurses
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.
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