The Louisiana Hospital Association reported an increasingly high number of nurses are needed in the state, and the projected state budget cuts could affect the numbers. “We are barely meeting our annual replacement each year,”said Karen Zoeller, Vice President of Workforce Development. The state has more than 4,000 nursing openings in 2009, Zoeller said.—-Contact Joy Lukachick at [email protected]
Louisiana has an estimated shortage of 4,663 nurse faculty – 11:50 a.m.
February 12, 2009