According to the <a href=”http://www.lhaonline.org/”>Louisiana Hospital Association</a>, Louisiana’s nursing shortage has reach an all time high. There is an estimated 4,663 positions unfilled. Coupled with the shortage is the lack of faculty and funding to hire educators causing Louisiana nursing schools to turn away approximately 1690 qualified students last year alone.
This shortage of nurses will certainly create more problems with the already stressed nursing staffs at both hospitals and nursing homes. This at a time when Louisiana has the largest amount of single star nursing homes in the country according to a Medicare and Medicaid Service rating system.
<a href=”http://www.nbalawfirm.com/lawyer-attorney-1135553.html”>Willie Neblett</a>
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
