The 2013 Nursing and Allied Health Care Professionals Workforce Survey Report shows that the aging health care workforce and population, combined with health care reform, will increase demand for many health care professionals and expand the roles and necessary skill sets for existing professionals. The report identifies areas where members are most challenged with recruitment and retention of nurses and allied health care professionals, including physicians, medical assistants, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
The 2013 Nursing and Allied Health Care Professionals Workforce Survey Report is consistent with national research showing that demand for health care professionals will continue to increase as more of the population becomes insured and accesses health care. The aging of some professionals, principally registered nurses and clinical laboratory technologists, will also create more demand in those areas. More information is needed to better understand the nature of some of the shortages that have been reported, and HANYS will advocate for strategies to address them.
HANYS and the allied associations continue to advocate at the state and federal level to address workforce shortages and prevent harmful mandates and regulations that impede the health care workforce.2013_nursing_allied_workforce_survey_report