Skilled Nursing News July 22, 2024
Many nursing home operators in the past year have been in rebuilding mode, bolstering staff and reworking systems to fit better in a post-pandemic world.
Principle LTC has been doing much the same in developing programs offered to help employees in crisis or those who want to further their education. But, it’s going to take more than in-house initiatives to get the workforce to the level needed, especially given that the clinical employee pipeline is not regenerating at an adequate pace. Universities are having to turn away prospective nursing students due to a lack of professors.
Lynn Hood, CEO of Principle LTC, said the holdup in universities is a significant part of the staffing shortage not often talked about, and...