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Forecasts & Strategies
Baseline forecasts show that Florida will face a shortage of RNs by 2025 that is capable of crippling our healthcare system and reducing access to care for Floridians. Demand for nursing personnel is projected to increase dramatically as Florida's large Baby Boom cohort reaches typical ages for retirement and begins to require more care for age-related conditions, and as healthcare reform increases the demand for more services. At the same time, more than 40% of Florida's nurses are approaching retirement age within the next 10 years and there are not enough younger nurses to replace them.

Resolving Florida's nursing shortage will require a multi-pronged approach, including interventions to increase the production of new nurses, improve the work environment to retain existing nurses, and redesign work to accommodate the older nurse. Here you will find forecasts of Florida's nursing shortage, strategies for addressing the shortage, and evidence for these strategies.

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