Aging Baby Boomers Increase Demand For More Nurses In The U.S.


According to American Nurses Association, RNs earn around $56,000 or may go up to as much as $90,000 for really hard working and ambitious nurses that would go for long hours work including night shifts, weekends and some even holidays, in big city hospitals.

 There is a need to provide attractive salaries for nurses who choose to work in schools and teach to be able to cater to the huge number of enrollees.

 Now for the meantime it is still an option for the US to accommodate foreign workers to bridge the gap while the nursing schools work on training more qualified registered nurses. Well, it’s not about foreign workers taking over American jobs but it’s more on providing the need of society especially in the health care sector.

 

(Based on a news in CNNMoney.com)

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3 Responses to “Aging Baby Boomers Increase Demand For More Nurses In The U.S.

  1. Twitter Trackbacks for Nursing Job World » Blog Archive » Aging Baby Boomers Increase Demand For More Nurses In The U.S. [nursingjobworld.com] on Topsy.com Says:

    [...] Nursing Job World » Blog Archive » Aging Baby Boomers Increase Demand For More Nurses In The U.S. nursingjobworld.com/wordpress/2010/07/24/aging-ba…omers-increase-demand-for-more-nurses-in-the-us/ – view page – cached According to New York (CNNMoney.com) there is an escalating problem in America – due to the possibility of the nursing shortage becoming worse as the so-called Baby Boomers are growing older and older, they demand more care and assistance from professional nurses. This will definitely give more stress and much pressure on the US nursing system. Tweets about this link [...]

  2. Obdulia Mguyen Says:

    hi, I think Nurses dont get paid enough for what they do. They deserve far more than they get..thanks

  3. Dermitage Says:

    I am forwading this article to my family. Excellent work!

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