The careers fair will also house a stand explaining careers in midwifery, where there is a shortage of candidates at present. The three Dublin maternity hospitals, The Coombe, The National Maternity Hospital and The Rotunda are continuously recruiting overseas to address the midwifery shortfall. Last month, a delegation from the three hospitals went on a recruitment […]

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The country’s nurse shortage is now eight years old and likely getting worse.IU Nursing School Dean Dr. Marion Broome says the shortage is due to many factors, but two in particular. Broome says the expansion of the health care system, meaning more hospitals, and the aging population of the public and nurses have led to […]

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Doctors and nurses are feeling under increased pressure because of staff shortages.

Hospital chiefs admitted frontline staff were beginning to feel the pinch due to cost-cutting.
The news comes after it was revealed that East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne’s DGH, is spending less than the national average amount of cash […]

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The province and the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses have signed a formal agreement to work together to solve the nursing shortage in Saskatchewan.  Hailed as the first such agreement in Canada, it outlines a program to recruit 800 registered nurses over the next 4 years. The Associate Dean of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan, […]

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Christchurch Hospital has 70 nursing vacancies as an acute shortage continues to bite. The shortage is the worst to hit the hospital, and has led to the deferral of elective surgery and a stretched nurse-to-patient ratio. Among the vacancies are five fixed-term paediatric positions, created to cope with higher admissions over the winter. Another eight positions […]

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For Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) nursing instructor Jane Townsend, it was simply a matter of not enough space.
“I want the best learning environment for my students,” said Townsend, who has been a licensed nurse for 35 years and an instructor at the college for 26 years. “It’s all about my patients and my students. […]

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The nurses’ union and the Saskatchewan government signed an agreement Thursday setting annual targets for hiring nurses and funding incentives for health regions to meet those targets.This is the first agreement of its kind in Canada.“Approximately 10 per cent of the (nursing) workforce is already missing and another 674 nurses are eligible to retire this […]

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A nationwide nursing shortage may not be as pronounced in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Corridor as elsewhere, but hospitals and other employers are “always looking” to recruit.
“We’re always in need of nurses, whether full-time or part-time,” said Sharon Mayo, staff development coordinator for Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center in Cedar Rapids. “The nursing shortage has […]

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Healthcare is rarely taken for granted, especially in rural North Dakota where hospitals and clinics deal with nurse and physician shortages.
An instructor at Minot State University is addressing the healthcare needs of the region through her students.
The Minot State University Nursing Department is doing its part in easing the nursing shortage by admitting more students. […]

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PUPILS from schools in Wrexham and Flintshire are being given the chance to find out about careers in the health service.
Each year the NHS Open Week, which this year takes place between March 3 and 7, the North East Wales NHS Trust, in conjunction with Careers Wales and NLIAH (the National Leadership and Innovation Agency […]

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