A week after Oschner Health announced it was laying off 770 mostly non-patient care and administrative employees, hospital officials released a surprising statistic: It is struggling to fill more than 800 open nursing positions.
That's about 9% of all nursing positions in the health system that operates 42 hospitals and 200 clinics across Louisiana and Mississippi.
Oschner isn't alone.
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, which includes Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, has more than 500 unfilled nursing slots.
New Orleans’ LCMC Health declined to provide specific numbers, but its website shows some 530 open nursing positions.
LCMC, with nine hospitals, and the Franciscan system, with seven, are significantly smaller than Ochsner, suggesting that the need for nurses in those systems could be larger.
The open positions underscore how difficult it has been for hospitals to attract and retain talent in a profession with long hours, stress-filled working conditions and until recently, low pay compared to other clinical positions. (NOLA.com 05/17/23) Ochsner Health has 800 open nursing positions amid shortage | Business News | nola.com
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