By Barbara Peters Smith, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
It’s official: Florida’s nursing shortage is back.
A workforce survey by the Florida Center for Nursing shows that vacancies and turnover began to accelerate in 2011 after a four-year slide. The nonprofit center predicts that Florida will run short of registered nurses by 11,000 openings in 2015 — and by 50,000 in 2025. (more…)
