Web Editor: Aaron Roberts, Reporter
Created: 4/30/2007 5:25:31 PM
Maine is not immune to the shortage of nurses across the country. Maine hospitals and healthcare providers have fewer nurses now than they did in years past.
It is estimated that between now and 2020, half a million to one million new nurses will be needed to fill the shortage.
Dr. Barbara Higgins, Husson College's Chair of Nursing, says there is a shortage now, but that shortage will hit the hardest in the next 10 to 15 years.
Higgins says not only will the baby boomer generation need more care, but current nurses are aging, and so are those who teach nursing.
Still, enrollment across the country has been on the rise for the last six years, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Husson College is seeing increased enrollment, and a more than 50% increase in its graduation rate.
Higgins says Husson and other nursing schools work together with local hospitals and healthcare providers to help new nurses fill the job vacancies.
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