If you’re preparing to enter the nursing workforce, you’ve chosen an excellent time.
From the AAACN Career Center: According to employment projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, registered nurse tops the list of occupations with excellent job growth potential through 2020.
In fact, they expect the number of nurses employed in the U.S. to increase by 26 percent, or about 712,000 positions, over the next eight years.
The healthcare industry will need to replace 495,000 retiring nurses during that time as well, bringing the total of new nurses needed to 1.2 million.
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