Choosing a career in nursing . . . why not? is what I ask. Here are some figures to help men see what opportunities lie ahead in the nursing profession. I dug in for a few facts after doing an email interview with Peter McCartney, a veteran male nurse from Australia.
According to the American Nurses Association, only 6 percent of nurses in the United States today are men. As the baby boom generation hits retirement age, demand is growing for quality nursing care but hospitals and other facilities face a significant shortage of nurses to meet that need. The American Hospital Association estimates that 75 percent of all hospital vacancies are for nurses, and the Department of Labor has identified registered nursing as the top occupation in terms of job growth through 2012, with more than 1 million new and replacement nurses needed in that time.
This is an excerpt from a longer article from the Columbia News Service of Columbia University.
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