There’s a rising dichotomy in health parameters today: on one hand, life-expectancy levels are steadily climbing; on the other hand, there’s a steady rise of chronic diseases – 80% of older adults have at least one condition, and 68% have at least two! In USA, this situation is aggravated by the fact that nursing care is hampered by a critical shortage of nurses – in 2015, only 97,549 registered nurse posts were filled from a required 300,000!
Read this infographic to understand the precarious situation in the nursing sector, and why this is a field with unlimited opportunity.
On The Verge of a Nursing Shortage:
Infographic by – ASU Online