[brian]

Demand grows for more nurses

The profession faces multiple challenges


We're going to need more nurses.

A recent study by the N.C. Center for Nursing projects 2,300 new positions for registered nurses by 2006, a "robust" 5.4 percent increase over 2004

But who's going to fill those jobs? Demand is especially intense because many nurses today are nearing retirement. Of the nation's 2.7 million nurses, the average age is 45.

"That's getting up there," said Barbara Blakeney, president of the American Nurses Association, who spoke in Charlotte recently.

She said it is not difficult to interest young people or second-career types in nursing as a profession, but getting them into school isn't so easy.

Full Story: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...h/12803531.htm

[mommy2BCD]

Originally Posted by brian

Demand grows for more nurses

The profession faces multiple challenges


We're going to need more nurses.

A recent study by the N.C. Center for Nursing projects 2,300 new positions for registered nurses by 2006, a "robust" 5.4 percent increase over 2004

But who's going to fill those jobs? Demand is especially intense because many nurses today are nearing retirement. Of the nation's 2.7 million nurses, the average age is 45.

"That's getting up there," said Barbara Blakeney, president of the American Nurses Association, who spoke in Charlotte recently.

She said it is not difficult to interest young people or second-career types in nursing as a profession, but getting them into school isn't so easy.

Full Story: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...h/12803531.htm

This makes me very happy! I plan to move to North Carolina after I graduate in 2007....glad to know there will (hopefully) be positions waiting for me! Now if I can only make it through the next 2 years