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Louisiana hospitals facing a critical shortage of nurses


Before COVID, the Louisiana Hospital Association predicted the nursing shortage would quadruple by 2025.
Author: Thanh Truong / Eyewitness News
Published: 6:54 PM CDT July 29, 2021
Updated: 7:23 PM CDT July 29, 2021
NEW ORLEANS As Louisiana hospitals are adjusting their response and protocols to the latest surge of COVID-19 cases, many are also facing a critical shortage of nurses. 
There are some local efforts to push back on a continuing tide of nurses leaving the profession. 
Like countless hospitals in the state and throughout the country, East Jefferson General needs more nurses.  The hospital’s chief nursing officer’s wish list includes 100 extra nurses.
“There was a nursing shortage before we had this surge, so it does stretch our resources,” Ruby Brewer said. “Our priority is to provide care to the community.  So, we look every day at how we can do that, how we can stretch our r ....

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