Nurses are continuing to leave the workforce, and there aren’t enough graduates entering the nursing field to fill the gaps - this information was recently announced by the Maine Nursing Action Coalition.
Aroostook County is currently seeing a nursing shortage similar to the one it faced three years ago, however this shortage is expected to intensify by 2030, according to a report from the Cypress Research Group.
Part of the challenge is that a large portion of people in the nursing workforce are approaching retirement age and are expected to leave the profession within the next five years. On top of that, the younger population in Aroostook County is decreasing.