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Rarely does a need resonate so clearly as does Georgia's current critical need for a nursing workforce planning center. What we already know is that despite the fact that Georgia is the ninth largest state, it ranks 19th in the production of nurses. Currently the nursing vacancy rate in Georgia hospitals and nursing homes is 15-18% with a 20% vacancy rate for public health nurses. There is also a 10% nurse faculty vacancy rate with 41% of nursing professors in our state age 55 or older and a reported 63 retirements planned in the next five years. The lack of adequate compensation for nursing faculty has been a deterrent for recruitment and retention of Georgia's nursing ...

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