Hospitals look to campuses — even middle school — to combat nursing shortage

As the number of open nursing positions grows rapidly, health care systems grapple with potential solutions. Many are targeting students — even as young as middle schoolers.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 5:00 a.m. April 14, 2023
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Lisa Johnson, BayCare Health System chief nursing officer, says the health care system is navigating the shortage by using a nursing pool of over 1,000 nurses.
Lisa Johnson, BayCare Health System chief nursing officer, says the health care system is navigating the shortage by using a nursing pool of over 1,000 nurses.
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With a significant number of hospitals and health care systems popping up and expanding across the region, from Tampa to Naples, now is the not an ideal time to have a nursing shortage. 

Yet while not novel, the shortage remains a perplexing issue for hospital leaders and administrators to solve in a sustainable way.

 

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