Judson Haims: What Happens To Your Health Care When There's No Nurse

Posted: July 26, 2018

The United States is in a nursing profession shortage, and it is impacting the delivery of care, Judson Haims writes in The Vail Daily. 

On Wednesday, July 18, Gov. John Hickenlooper's administration and the Commission on Higher Education met to discuss the state's growing shortage of nurses. One of the concerns they addressed was the ever-increasing cost of higher education. Because the tuition cost for a four-year nursing bachelor's degree is so expensive, many people interested in becoming a nurse only complete a two-year associate degree in nursing, often at a community college.

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