By Jun Burgos
MANILA, Philippines—The United States is experiencing a deep nursing shortage that is expected to further intensify in the face of the increasing need for health care primarily because of the aging American population.
The shortage is compounded by the fact that nursing colleges and universities across the country, struggling to expand enrollment levels, have not been producing the number of graduates to meet the demand.
According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), there is indeed a deep shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) in the US and it is thus working with schools, policy makers, and other organizations as well as the media to bring attention to this “health care crisis.”
The AACN, working to enact legislation, identify strategies, and form collaborations to address the nursing shortage has released a Fact Sheet of the problem which includes the following points as among the current and projected shortage indicators: Read more…
