Nursing

Health

Nursing workforce growing in Maine, but data indicates 2,800 more needed by 2030

Carol Bousquet

The 65 and over demographic in Maine will grow to more than 425,000 people in 2030, double what it was in 2010. And an older population will drive up demand for healthcare.

Nurses demonstrate outside the Maine Medical Center in Portland on Thursday in support of the Maine Quality Care Act. Organized by Maine State Nurses Association (MSNA), the group asks for Governor Mills' support on the bill (LD 1639).

Health

Nurse staff ratio proposal fails to pass in Maine, but supporters say they aren't giving up

Patty Wight

A bill that would have established minimum staff ratios was rejected by state lawmakers. Nurses who said they're under-staffed and overworked are disappointment by the outcome, but said they will continue to push for change.

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, is Tim Brown, 25, emergency room nurse from Jacksonville, Fla, who moved to Sacramento, Calif. with a friend in February to work at a Sacramento hospital as a traveling nurse.

Health

Community colleges across Maine will expand nursing programs, hoping to double annual graduates

Carol Bousquet

The state and Maine's two largest healthcare systems are investing $5 million in Maine's Community College System to increase programming capacity to double the number of nurses that graduate each year.

Business and Economy

Maine Nursing School Plans To Expand To Address Shortage

Associated Press

A public university in Maine plans to expand its nursing school to deal with a shortage of nurses in the state.The University of Southern Maine said it's…

In this May 11, 2016 photo, University of Massachusetts Medical School nursing student Morgan Brescia, right, and others attend a simulation of treatment for a patient coping with addiction during class at the medical school in Worcester, Mass.

Health

UMaine System Looks To Double Nursing Enrollment

Patty Wight

The University of Maine System announced plans Wednesday to double enrollment in its nursing program in response to the state’s workforce shortage.The…

Maine

USM To Offer New Gerontology Degree

Patty Wight

The University of Southern Maine is now offering a new nurse practitioner degree in acute care gerontology.Assistant professor of nursing Valerie Fuller…

Maine

The Current State of Nursing

Jennifer Rooks

A conversation about nursing - from training and working conditions to the current nursing shortage.Guests: Jennifer Morton DNP, MPH, APHN, Associate…