RN-BSN & Nursing Pathways

While job openings have traditionally outpaced job hires in healthcare, the gap between openings and hires has been widening rapidly since 2014. Job openings have been rising while job hires have remained relatively static. Demand factors widening the gap of unfilled jobs are as follows: aging of the population, the retirement of Baby Boomer healthcare practitioners, and now the pandemic. This swelling gap – which represents a cumulative number of unfilled jobs – shows the challenges that healthcare providers face in finding enough practitioners and support personnel to fill today’s job openings.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes its survey every two years, and for 2016-2026, the BLS included projected annual job openings for the coming decade. The data is startling: 1.26 million total healthcare job openings per year. For all practitioners and technical occupations, 624,000 job openings per year, which includes 204,000 RN job openings per year. Such sizeable numbers of projected job openings clearly show that demand for services is expected to remain very strong for the decade.

 

To learn more about the demand for essential healthcare professionals and the current/future state of the healthcare industry (COVID-19 and beyond), please register for a terrific webinar being hosted Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 1:15 PM EST.

Here is the link to register:  RN-BSN & Nursing Pathways Webinar