While these changes accurately reflect high growth areas of health care, the addition of new content provides a particular challenge for Associate Degree Programs which have only two years to offer an already demanding curriculum. If acute care content is curtailed as a result of this squeeze, a substantial burden is placed on both the new graduate seeking hospital employment and the hiring hospital. In an interesting break from national trend, Vermont schools now graduate more Baccalaureate nurses than Associate nurses - signaling still another future shift in the skill mix of Vermont RNs. Labor Mix Nurses are a diminishing presence in hospitals. Most of the growth has been distributed between ancillary, administrative and outpatient services.
Similar trends exist nationally.
As hospitals increase the overall size of their workforce, the labor mix has changed to include a lower ratio of nurses to total. Most of the growth has been distributed between ancillary, administrative and outpatient services. Similar trends exist nationally. As hospitals increase the overall size of their workforce, the labor mix has changed to include a lower ratio of nurses to total. Much is known about the cost of nurses.