Citing looming retirements and increasing demand, advocates for Maine nurses are lobbying for a bond referendum that would infuse $12 million into training programs in the state. Question 4, a $49 million higher education bond on the November ballot, would earmark $12 million for nursing education programs and facilities to help address a deficit of […]
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Maine hospitals get creative to find nurses
LEWISTON — For a while, they tried bringing nursing students pizza. It was a way for the St. Mary’s Health System’s talent acquisition team to connect, to introduce themselves, to say, hey, St. Mary’s has some jobs openings for you, future nurses. A lot of openings. They attended local college coffee-and-doughnut hours, too. And blanketed […]
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University of Maine System hopes to meet nursing shortage
AUGUSTA — The state’s university system has a plan to fill Maine’s nursing shortage, including expanding opportunities in Rumford. Leaders of the University of Maine System on Wednesday announced an ambitious five-year initiative to meet the growing need for nurses across the state, a plan that would expand nursing programs to rural areas, help the […]
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Western Maine hospitals seek new ways to combat nursing shortage
Hospital officials in western Maine are steeling themselves for an experienced nursing shortage as many reach retirement age. On Feb. 14, the Nursing Leaders of Maine, the American Nursing Association of Maine and the Maine Nursing Action Coalition announced the results of the 2016 Maine Nursing Forecaster, which looked at the demographics of Maine’s existing […]