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Healthcare is one of the strongest sectors of the American economy. Indeed, some believe it is currently driving the economy. There is a great demand for nurses that is projected to continue for at least the next 15 years. Given the trend toward an aging population, there is an especial need for nurses to work in home care and long term care, as well as hospitals. Nurses who speak a second language beyond English are extremely well-suited to provide care in many parts of the U.S. As the industry moves toward focusing payment on evidence-based care, well educated nurses who know how to access current information and continuing their learning will be the most valuable and will earn top salaries.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average annual salary for RNs was $52,330 in May 2004. Three out of five jobs for RNs are in hospitals. However, because less expensive alternatives to hospital care, such as home care and outpatient care, are growing, more new RN jobs are expected outside of hospitals. Generally, RNs with at least a bachelor's degree will have better job prospects than those without a bachelor's. In addition, all four advanced practice specialties--clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, midwives and anesthetists--will be in high demand, particularly in medically underserved areas such as inner cities and rural areas. Relative to physicians, these RNs increasingly serve as lower-cost primary care providers.

RNs work to promote health, prevent disease, and help patients cope with illness. They are advocates and health educators for patients, families, and communities. When providing direct patient care, they observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress in patients; assist physicians during surgeries, treatments, and examinations; administer medications; and assist in convalescence and rehabilitation. RNs also develop and manage nursing care plans, instruct patients and their families in proper care, and help individuals and groups take steps to improve or maintain their health. While State laws govern the tasks that RNs may perform, it is usually the work setting that determines their daily job duties.

Nurses generally fall into several main groups, depending on where they work: in hospitals, in private practice, in private homes, etc. Types of Nurses include:

	Hospital nurses
	Office nurses
	Nursing care facility
	Home health nurses
	Public health nurses
	Occupational health nurses, also called industrial nurses
	Head nurses or nurse supervisors
	Nurse practitioners

If you are finding it hard to recruit the nurses, therapists, and pharmacists for your medical staffing needs, then this may be the most important thing you read this year. We help hospitals and long term care facilities stabilize their staffing level and profitability.

84% of US hospitals have a medical staffing shortage. Most healthcare organizations have large vacancy levels, and it will only get worse over the next 20 years. The American Hospital Association has estimated the average RN vacancy rate of 13%.

Our demand for nurses is exponentially greater than our ability to train new nurses, even with all of the new initiatives launched in recent years. According to the American Hospital Association: "Hospitals face a severe shortage of workers that threatens their ability to meet community needs. It is a long-term shortage that is much broader and more severe than the periodic shortages that have been experienced at various times over the past four decades."

Even with the influx of new nursing students we will still have a huge shortage and “It's a different type of shortage. There are too many new grads now,” with shortages today in experienced nurses able to handle high-skill areas such as kidney dialysis, surgery and intensive care units.

Are you using mandatory overtime to solve your low staffing levels? If you are, your not only burning out your nurses, you're burning up your budget. Time and a half is an expensive proposition, so is nurse turnover from burnout.

So... Why not call us today.

We offer qualified nurses to hospitals & medical facilities experiencing long term, unfilled positions. The staff you hire from our pool of prescreened professionals have good English skills, equivalent nursing educations and recent, clinical experience relevant to your job requirements.

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