A perfect storm is brewing inside the USA currently which could disrupt the healthcare foundation in the world’s biggest economy. 

A pre-pandemic study from the US Department of Health and Human Services projected the registered nurse demand to be at 3.15 million in 2021. However, the actual number of registered nurses stood at 3.05 million, a deficit of 100k.

You must consider the fact that this was a pre-pandemic study. After 2020, the situation has gotten worse and the projected demand is likely to be much higher.

There are a few factors which are responsible for shortages of nursing staff in the US which are as follows: 

• Employee Burnout
• Lack Of Proper Training
• Unforeseen Situations Like Pandemic
• Dissatisfactory Job Situations

The Impact Of Nursing Shortages In The US

The shortage of nursing staff in hospitals across the US is alarming. The pandemic has already shown us what happens when the ratio of patients to nursing staff goes up. 

Innocent people whose lives could have been saved, die. However, the effects don’t just stop there. They are also borne by the medical staff. 

According to the National Library of Medicine, in hospitals with high patient-to-nurse ratios, nurses experience burnout and feelings of dissatisfaction. And for patients it means higher mortality and failure-to-rescue rates than facilities with lower patient-to-nurse ratios.

Due to nursing staff shortages, that on the surface might appear like a simple issue, people are needlessly losing their lives along with continuous deterioration of mental and physical health of medical staff. 

The effects of nursing staff shortages are not restricted to big hospitals only. Unfortunately, Small medical institutions like hospices and clinics will also bear an adverse impact.

This leads to the ageing population being disproportionately affected. That is a dangerous side-effect as survey after survey has shown that the population of the United States is ageing and will start reducing in about a decade. 

As more and more people become dependent on the system and the number of working people reduces, the problem of nurse shortages will get even more severe. 

In a dire situation like this, it may seem everything is doom and gloom. That there is no hope and we are all skating on thin ice. 

But like everything, human beings are quite resilient. We have dealt with bigger and deeper problems before and this is no different. 

How IFANGlobal Can Combat Nursing Shortages In The US

So, what is the solution to this problem? How can medical institutions, like yourselves, find competent nursing staff in a timely and monetarily feasible manner? 

Has it become too frustrating trying to put advertisements on social media and different job boards and ending up with a ton of resumes but no suitable candidates?

Delegation is the new mantra of efficient management. That is why you don’t need to look further than IFANGlobal.

With over two decades of rich experience, IFANGlobal is a healthcare recruitment agency that finds competent and credible medical professionals for your organisation with zero administrative hassle on your part.

We understand that hospitals are literally engaged in life-saving work. Therefore, we shoulder the responsibility of finding the right candidates for you. So that you can focus on what matters the most.

Assisting 60,000+ healthcare professionals in their deployments across the globe, IFANGlobal has been instrumental in connecting talented professionals with employers. IFANglobal serves more than 300 medical organisations which span across 4 continents.

Being in the USA, you may think you only have access to nurses inside of the USA and perhaps, maybe from Europe. But as Vasco De Gama discovered, the world ain’t so short. 

There are talented nursing professionals in countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America. There is high competition in markets like India, Kenya, Nepal, Taiwan, Mexico and many such countries. These countries produce highly competent nurses because of cut-throat competition. 

With IFANGlobal, you get access to these vast pools of nursing staff. We train and nurture nursing candidates preparing them for their global career journey. 

IFANGlobal ensures that only credible candidates reach your institution.  

So if you want talented and competent medical professionals from diverse backgrounds and nationalities, then IFANGlobal is the answer you have been looking for. 

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