Lee Health is working to keep more nursing students in Southwest Florida when they graduate, partnering with Florida Gulf Coast University to offer more incentives through a special grant.
Share By adding facilities from Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida, Town Center will retain young talent and provide necessary medical care to older residents. by: Emily Blackwood, Contributing Writer
Even before a global pandemic, there was an increasing need for health care workers. A 2018 report from global health care staffing consultancy Mercer determined that the U.S. needs to hire 2.3 million new health care workers by 2025 to meet the demand of its aging population.
In Florida which has the second-highest percentage of residents 65 and older, according to the Population Reference Bureau the need is felt even stronger. A 2020 study from RegisteredNursing.org found that Florida will have the “highest disparity of nursing supply and demand” by 2030, lacking over 57,000 nurses.