Re: Emergency Nurse Relief Act 2009- Update change. Employment of registered nurses is expected to grow 23 percent from 2006 to 2016, much faster than the average for all occupations. Growth will be driven by technological advances in patient care, which permit a greater number of health problems to be treated, and by an increasing emphasis on preventive care. In addition, the number of older people, who are much more likely than younger people to need nursing care, is projected to grow rapidly.
However, employment of RNs will not grow at the same rate in every industry. The projected growth rates for RNs in the industries with the highest employment of these workers are:
Percent
Offices of physicians 39
Home health care services 39
Outpatient care centers, except mental health and substance abuse 34
Employment services 27
General medical and surgical hospitals, public and private 22
Nursing care facilities 20
Employment is expected to grow more slowly in hospitals—health care’s largest industry—than in most other health care industries. While the intensity of nursing care is likely to increase, requiring more nurses per patient, the number of inpatients (those who remain in the hospital for more than 24 hours) is not likely to grow by much. Patients are being discharged earlier, and more procedures are being done on an outpatient basis, both inside and outside hospitals. Rapid growth is expected in hospital outpatient facilities, such as those providing same-day surgery, rehabilitation, and chemotherapy.
My point is hospitals are not where the nursing shortage is going to be. Currently in 2009, I don't see many hospitals recruiting any one.
Could someone point me to the hospitals that have a shortage? I am assuming this is a perceived shortage and not real.
The need will be in less desirable ( and lower paying positions) in home health and out patient centers. Why are they not actively recruiting it seems odd since they are a biggest risk.
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