About half of the RN workforce will reach retirement age in the next 15 years.

Urban hospitals reported that filling nursing vacancies is significantly more difficult.
Small hospitals are experiencing increased difficulty in recruiting obstetrics nurses, and the time to recruit them has substantially been increasing.

Larger and urban facilities reported increased use of agency and contract nurses.
It is estimated that the shortage of RNs will reach 500,000 within 10 years.

There are critical shortages of healthcare professionals all across America and the number of current vacancies is astounding:

• 126,000 nurses
• 10,000 pharmacists
• 13,000 lab techs
• 13,000 diagnostic imaging techs

And it’s going to get much worse. The leading edge of the Baby Boomer Generation --76 million strong -- is just now entering retirement age. This will put unprecedented pressure on an already under-staffed healthcare industry for years to come, forcing healthcare companies to pay billions to medical recruiters for their services.

The medical staffing industry is on a continual growth, with projected yearly double-digit growth being commonplace. It is estimated that the medical staffing industry will pass the 12 billion dollar mark. Hospitals and medical facilities find it cost effective and convenient to work with a medical staffing agency to fill both long term and short term shifts, and to fill the overall demand for medical staffing. Many hospitals and medical centers actually prefer to work with medical staffing agencies because they get to test drive a medical professional and they minimize the risk associated with the matching process within the permanent positions. The medical staffing industry is projected to be the highest demand within the staffing industry.

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