Op-ed: Utah has a nursing shortage, and schools are coming together to address it

December 11, 2016 (Salt Lake Tribune)

A nurse will touch every person’s life at one time or another. This happens when a family member is sick, or when we have our own health problems. People are living longer than ever before. They are facing an increase in diseases and chronic health care needs.
There is a serious shortage of health care providers, especially RNs, to care for such patients. The Utah Medical Education Council says that the nursing shortage consists of as many as 1,245 job openings statewide. According to a study by the Utah Foundation in 2014, this gap is only going to get worse.
How can we make sure that the growing Utah population has the nursing support it needs? What do we do to help ensure the aging population is going to be in capable, caring hands? The solution is clear: Utah needs to educate more nurses.

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