Round Rock Edition | June 2024

Health care

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON

Health Care Edition

2024

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Local groups target nursing shortages

Looking ahead

Michael Guerrero, who has a bachelor’s degree in nursing, said exposure to nursing at the K-12 level is key. “Letting them get to touch medical equipment that nurses get to use ... and kind of view themselves doing it, I think that was huge for me,” Guerrero said. Austin Community College also hopes to double the number of nursing students they can accommodate with an addition coming to the Hays campus in 2027, King said. Central Texas Healthcare Partnership’s K-12 initiatives include: Its biannual Nursing Academy, where high schoolers participate in interactive nursing labs Observation clinical placements at local hospitals, where high schoolers rotate through several dierent units Informational sessions for teachers and counselors so they know about in-demand jobs

A handful of Austin-area organizations and educational institutions are working to combat projected nursing shortages with special programs, partnerships and scholarships. Texas will experience a shortage of 56,370 registered nurses and 3,839 licensed vocational nurses, according to the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies. While there is a “huge interest” in nursing, and students are applying, there are a limited number of spots, said Ashley King, Workforce Solutions Capital Area’s director of healthcare partnerships. “We have 10 dierent schools of nursing here in Austin. ... All of those programs are looking to expand,” King said. One local program to address that is at Concordia University Texas. In fall 2024, Concordia will provide a $10,000 Workforce Development Scholarship for all eligible students toward its 16-month Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Through WSCA’s Central Texas Healthcare Partnership with Ascension Seton, Baylor Scott & White Health and

Austin nursing school graduates The number of nursing graduates across all ten Austin-area nursing programs has nearly doubled in the last ve years.

1,200 1,000

800 600 400 0

*NOTE THAT DATA WAS UNAVAILABLE DURING 201920 DUE TO COVID19.

SOURCE: WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS CAPITAL AREACOMMUNITY IMPACT

St. David’s HealthCare, King said the number of Austin-area nursing graduates has grown substantially in the last ve years.

SOURCE: WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS CAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY IMPACT

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