There’s agreement there’s a nurse shortage but no consensus on what to do about it.
"alaska nurse shortage"
University of Alaska Anchorage receives federal funds to expand state health care workforce
The grant will fund the construction of new laboratories and classrooms, which will allow the university to graduate an additional 100 healthcare workers annually.
Alaska needs to train more nurses, but it doesn’t have enough nursing faculty to meet demand
Alaska relies heavily on health care workers who come from outside of the state and are less likely to stay. As a result, Alaska has some of the most expensive health care in the nation.