GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – As the need for health care continues to grow in our state, the health care workforce is struggling to keep up.
It’s a story Action 2 News has been following for years.
The numbers in the latest nurse supply and demand forecast from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development are concerning. A base model predicts a gap of nearly 23,000 nurses in our state by 2040.
“That creates a big challenge because nurses fill so many roles in the healthcare workforce,” the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s senior vice president of workforce and clinical practice Ann Zenk said.
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