<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1EXjfF_1GuVkM1n00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1EXjfF_1GuVkM1n00" width="1280" height="720" >CLEVELAND — Cleveland Clinic is one of the world’s largest hospital systems, with 83,000 caregivers and nearly four million patients worldwide. Registered Nurses (RNs), like Ashley Haas, are integral to the system’s success. “On a unit that is as critical as the MICU here at Main Campus, it’s important in order to have resources and nurses to be able to look up to,” Haas said.The RN workforce is expected to expand by 6% over the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, although the workforce is growing, the U.S. is grappling with a nursing shortage. It’s a shortage Cleveland Clinic’s Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Meredith Fox says lacks context. “Sometimes I think that gets escalated in the news and in the media and really understanding where our opportunities are to grow the profession, and that we do still have a strong nursing workforce,” Fox said. According to nursing workforce projections published by the Health Resources and Services Administration, federal authorities project a shortage of over 100,000 full-time RNs by 2038. But interestingly, Ohio isn’t projected to see a shortage. Instead, the state will see a surplus of 22,000 RNs. It’s unclear exactly why the state will see a surplus. However, it could be because of the state’s appeal for medical professionals. “I worked in a small local hospital back home, and I felt like I was getting a really good experience working in their small ICU,” Brady Blizzard, a Cleveland Clinic RN who recently graduated, said. “But I always wanted to be, like, the best critical care nurse I could ever be.”After graduating from Shawnee State University in Southern Ohio, Blizzard packed up his life and moved to the opposite end of the state. Fox said he’s not alone. Medical professionals travel from around the world to learn and work at Cleveland Clinic. “We are fortunate that we are a world renowned medical facility, that people do want to move from different places across the country to work for the Cleveland Clinic, whether it is here at one of our main campuses or one of our hub hospitals,” Fox said. Although there is a projected surplus of RNs, Fox said there is no shortage of opportunities at Cleveland Clinic. She said she’s currently recruiting RNs to staff a new neurology building, and a planned trauma center both on Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus. Her selling point to new graduates: mentorship. “It feels like I’ve known these people my whole life,” Blizzard said. “I really feel like I’m a part of the team, and I enjoy coming in to work because of the people I get to work with.”For Blizzard, his experience working at Cleveland Clinic’s MICU has been defined by guidance from staff. And, his RN mentors, like Haas, say they wouldn’t be where they are without the mentorship they received themselves.</div></body>

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CLEVELAND — Cleveland Clinic is one of the world’s largest hospital systems, with 83,000 caregivers and nearly four million patients worldwide. Registered Nurses (RNs), like Ashley Haas, are integral to the system’s success. “On a unit that is as critical as the MICU here at Main Campus,...

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CLEVELAND — Cleveland Clinic is one of the world’s largest hospital systems, with 83,000 caregivers and nearly four million patients worldwide. Registered 

Ohio nursing workforce remains strong, despite national shortage

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