Helping UW Health address healthcare worker shortage

October 5, 2022

UW Health is addressing a shortage of healthcare worker by creating programs for nursing retention and community-based apprenticeships.

UW Health is addressing a shortage of healthcare worker by creating programs for nursing retention and community-based apprenticeships. The healthcare provider is also planning to pay for current and future medical and nursing assistants’ bachelor’s degrees while also maintaining their full-time salary and benefits despite those employees not working full-time due to their schooling.

The nursing recruitment program will focus on reaching marginalized groups who often have a harder time entering the field.

The program is supported in part by Epic and will be able to support up to 35 students per semester for six years.

Read the full story from Channel 3000.

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