CHA Recommendations for Averting a Workforce Crisis

Ensuring a strong healthcare workforce will require continued and intensified efforts among healthcare providers, the education community, government, business leaders, and other partners to:

• Increase the number of nurses and other healthcare professionals by expanding the number of nursing and other healthcare faculty.
• Raise public awareness of healthcare careers.
• Enhance recruitment and support for qualified health professions candidates through enhanced state funding for career and academic counseling, scholarships, and loan forgiveness programs.
• Create career ladders and other career "growing" initiatives that build the pipeline of healthcare workers.
• Increase retention and employee engagement of current caregivers.
• Establish a comprehensive healthcare workforce database.