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Survey: 87% of Acute Care Sites Short of Nurses

‘If we don’t address salaries, all these bonuses are just a Band-Aid’

Healthcare delivery is at a critical tipping point due to a nursing shortage crisis that is projected to get worse, and no clear consensus on new labor models to meet the crisis, according to a survey and report by two companies involved in medical education and labor solutions. Even before the pandemic drove workers from the clinical bedside, experts projected 1 million more nurses would be needed by 2030.