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Bone up on more info:

Nursing is one of the five most indemand jobs in the U.S., but nursing schools are not producing enough nurses to care for an aging population.
https://www.usa.edu/blog/nursingshor...

The U.S. is projected to experience a shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) that is expected to intensify as Baby Boomers age and the need for health care grows.
https://www.aacnnursing.org/newsinfo...

The nursing shortage: a statebystate breakdown:
https://nursejournal.org/articles/the...

A survey of 6,000 critical care nurses, by the American Association of CriticalCare Nurses, found that 66% have considered leaving their jobs because of the pandemic. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210...

Morning Consult, a data and intelligence company, found that one in five health care workers quit their jobs during the pandemic.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com...

There are 3.5 million to 4 million registered nurses in the U.S., but not all of them work fulltime. About 60 to 65 percent have jobs in acutecare hospitals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health...

The health care industry is the largest employer in the U.S., with 9.8 million jobs as health care technicians and practioners.
https://www.census.gov/library/storie...

California is the only state in the country to require by law specific number of nurses to patients in every hospital unit. For example, it requires hospitals to provide one nurse for every two patients in intensive care and one nurse for every four patients in emergency rooms.
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/prov...