The survey by the Healthcare Association of New York State found that more than half of respondents anticipated growth in demand for healthcare professionals, with 57 percent expecting a need for nurse practitioners, 56 percent for physician assistants and 52 percent for registered nurses. Sixty-one percent of respondents indicated that nurse managers were “very difficult” to recruit.
Reflecting the increasing demand, 37 percent of respondents indicated that nurse practitioners were “very difficult” to recruit and 40 percent stated that physician assistants were “difficult” to recruit. The reasons cited for the difficulty were shortages, geographic location and noncompetitive salary.
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