A bill that aims to get nurses licensed and working faster by putting Alaska in a 40-state nurse licensure coalition is mired in pushback. Via AlaskaBeacon
“This is going to be a tool that they use to put downward pressure on nurses and their wages and their working conditions. And everyday nurses are not thinking about that. They’re thinking, ‘I need more nurses at the bedside,’” she said.
“We can’t just trade nurses across state lines and solve the problem. This is a problem of supply. And supply is constrained by universities in our state,” she said. “So when we as a state disinvest with the university, we are not meeting the critical need for our workforce.” “But it would be an extremely meaningful step or tool that would be a significant benefit, not just for hospitals and other big employers, it would be for all of the health care industry,” he said.In-state education options for Alaskans interested in nursing have been limited. That’s starting to change.
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