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Alaska is short on health care workers especially nurses and nursing assistants. Experts say increasing our reliance on out-of-state workers is economically untenable. But one big roadblock to training a homegrown workforce is hiring enough nursing faculty at the state’s university.
Becky Hultberg discusses Oregon’s health care workforce shortage, and actions OAHHS and other health care professionals can pursue to help attract more workers to the industry.