A recent blog post from Select International discusses managing the predicted increase in demand for nurses in the near future.
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Select International's website.
I’ve been working on a paper for Becker’s Hospital Review on nursing talent issues. A little research reveals some scary numbers:
Healthcare job growth:
2017 marked the first time the number of healthcare employees surpassed both manufacturing and retail.
Over the next decade, the healthcare sector is projected to account for one third of all new employment.
More specifically, employment of registered nurses is expected to grow by 16% by 2024.
The reason for this crazy growth? Increasing demand: Our aging population is going to require more care. Plus, we have an aging nursing workforce. More than half of working nurses are over 50 – portending a wave of retirements. We are going to need over 1.05 million new nurses by 2022. How are we doing to fill that need? 232,385 nurses passed the NCLEX RN exam in 2016, up only 1% from 2015. That’s not promising. Click here to continue>>
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