ATLANTA Since October, the Northeast Georgia Health System has spent $80 million on contracted nurses to fill the gap left by an extreme workforce shortage that administrators say is
Lawmakers are wrestling with how to bolster the state’s health care workforce that experts say has dwindled for a variety of reasons from burnout under the crush of COVID to fewer students entering the field as older professionals retire.
East Georgia State College suffered the worst enrollment decline in the state. Test exemptions, officials there say, created a ripple effect that changed where students went.