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Oregon Sees Nursing School Applications Dry Up: Report

A new report confirms Oregon’s nursing shortage and points to long-term challenges in producing new nurses.
December 8, 2022
 
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A health care worker pushes a gurney passed other workers in blue scrubs inside a hospital through a corridor.
Inside Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s nursing shortage is on track to get worse as schools aren’t producing enough nurses despite high demand for the profession, according to a