Hospital vacancies drop from 19% to 9%
The shortage of nurses in Greater Cincinnati has lessened considerably in the past year, as have vacancy rates for several other hard-to-fill health jobs, according to a report Wednesday from the Greater Cincinnati Health Council.
As of June 30, about 9 percent of hospital nursing jobs were unfilled. That's much better than 19 percent as of year-end 2003 and 15 percent as of June 2003.
The improvement reflects numerous recruitment and retention efforts at hospitals and nursing schools, from hospitals paying for scholarships and hiring bonuses to area tech schools promoting health careers, said Lisa Blank, director of the council's Healthcare Workforce Center.
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