| Despite almost everyone agreeing that there is a | | | | solutions but often to no avail.Far from being a new |
| worldwide shortage of nursing staff, there is no | | | | problem, this situation started in the early 1990's and |
| consensus as to what the reasons are. Everyone | | | | has steadily worsened. Its not uncommon nowadays |
| involved in nursing has been to blame, or so it would | | | | for governments to actually seek workers from other |
| seem, from hospitals up to government. The nursing | | | | countries to fill the skills gap.Increasingly health care |
| schools have been doing their best to entice as many | | | | providers have been turning to nursing agencies as |
| new candidates as possible with attractive campaigns | | | | source of qualified staff.This is a major factor in the |
| and promises of a rewarding and glamorous career. Its | | | | recent explosive growth in the nursing agency sector. |
| a sad fact that many young medical staff become | | | | Finding a good nursing agency can be a real bonus for |
| disillusioned with the work and choose to leave the | | | | both employers and employees alike.The agency has |
| profession for other jobs. This, in turn, places more | | | | to find, interview and vet staff as well as ultimately |
| pressure on already overloaded staff, making the | | | | being responsible for their conduct, qualifications and |
| situation worse. | | | | even on-going training.This management function can |
| Of course, its not simply one factor involved, but there | | | | save the employer a great deal of time and money |
| are many reasons for the widening problem.Most | | | | and is often preferred to doing this work in-house. |
| governments and authorities have tried a variety of | | | | |