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Video: Growing Our Own Workforce of Nurses

色情视频 Imperial Valley School of Nursing offers innovative programs to address nursing shortages in rural border areas of California.

Monday, December 5, 2022
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色情视频鈥檚 has developed new innovative opportunities and programs for nursing students to learn, live and ultimately work closer to home.

Many of the new programs were launched earlier this year with more than $8 million in  and multiple  The timing is critical. California鈥檚 current nursing shortage is the largest in the U.S. and is expected to last until 2030, according to a recent report by the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center.

鈥淵ou look at nurses as being the largest body of the workforce,鈥 said assistant professor Helina Hoyt, associate director of the School of Nursing. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important that we can have nurses understand their culture.鈥 

Underserved communities with multi language health needs are some of the hardest-hit areas in terms of attracting and retaining multicultural and Spanish-speaking nurses. 

鈥淧athways are really important in the rural border area of Imperial County,鈥 said Hoyt. 鈥淲e don't have enough nurses. We have learned that if we are able to grow them professionally, they stay.鈥 

More than 350,000 RNs currently work in California, which accounts for about 12% of all RNs employed nationwide. But that鈥檚 still not enough to meet the demands of the nursing workforce shortage. 

It鈥檚 why creating innovative pathways to help student nurses thrive in their own communities is more important than ever, said Hoyt. 鈥淭hat's our goal, to grow our own and help them be the leaders to solve the issues of today.鈥

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