Almost every profession has some level of training required for a new employee to become proficient and contribute to the overall mission of the business. Some training may only require a few hours (if you are caulking windows) while others may require several years (if you are a physician within a particular specialty area such as oncology). Regardless, training is always required.
Where some challenges arise are with new college grads that are “paper ready”, but may not have the technical skills. This is particularly challenging in a clinical setting such as nursing. And when there is a high-demand for this particular profession, it makes it even more challenging.
The health care industry recently realized that as we have the second highest nursing shortage in the country, our new grads are not finding jobs. Nursing jobs are out there….but only for a nurse that can hit the floor running (or I guess I should say nursing). So in the meantime, the production of skilled professionals seems to be working, bu the intake is not. And if we do not correct the problem, Nevada will become an exporter of talent. We cannot afford to do that.
So a group of health care leaders have been getting together to try and solve this problem. What it will require is a bridge solution. That bridge is nothing more than a financial bridge. We need to find someone to fund that nursing new grad to go from ‘paper ready to clinically ready.’ It will be a challenge, but at least we know what the problem is.
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