NewsNation Now October 19, 2023
- Data: Half a million nurses to leave field by 2023, raise shortage to 1M
- NNU: “It’s not a shortage; there’s a staffing crisis … in this country”
- Biden administration allocating $100M to expand nursing industry
Medical strikes are gaining attention, sending a signal to providers and patients that the U.S. health care industry is facing significant challenges — most notably a nationwide nursing shortage, which experts highlight has worsened since the coronavirus pandemic.
The American Hospital Association quoted federal data which indicates an estimate that half a million nurses would leave the field by the end of 2023, bringing the total shortage to 1.1 million.
However, National Nurses United (NNU) insists there isn’t a nurse shortage.
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