It's not only in America that we have a nursing shortage, this is a worldwide phenomenon and is dire in Norway. This summer, Norway faces a severe shortage of nurses in nursing homes. The number of applications for summer work this year are far less than required with some homes getting only one or two inquiries. It really looks bad for the nursing homes in Norway, and it seems foretelling of what may happen in America in the near future if nothing is done about the problem.

The shortage consists of the Norwegian equivalents of CNAs, LPNs, and LVNs. Many nursing homes are paying big bonuses to those staff who will postpone their vacations and are also trying to recruit new staff as young as 16 or 17. Nursing homes fear that their patients will not have their basic needs met without adequate staff levels. It is also dangerous for the staff and the patients to have an understaffed nursing home.

 


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