Las Vegas HEALS to Host Medical Career Expo on Jan. 17 at College of Southern Nevada
Local and national healthcare worker shortages are worsening. To mitigate them, Las Vegas HEALS, Southern Nevada’s largest nonprofit membership-based healthcare association, will host the Medical Career Expo on Jan. 17.
Data illustrates the dire straits. A 2021 study by the New York-based consulting company Mercer estimated that by 2025, the United States will be short more than 400,000 home health aides and 29,400 nurse practitioners. (As The Hill, a political website, reported, demand for healthcare workers is outpacing supply, causing this trouble.)
Las Vegas HEALS Chief Executive Officer Diego Trujillo
Closer to home, 2022 research by John Packham, an associate professor in the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine’s Internal Medicine Department, shows that 1.95 million Nevadans, or 57.6% of the state’s population, live in a primary care health professional shortage area.
Packham’s research also shows that to meet national population-to-provider averages, Nevada would need to add 3,439 licensed practical nurses, 4,290 registered nurses, 5,719 certified nursing assistants, 323 certified registered nurse anesthetists and 817 nurse practitioners.
Las Vegas HEALS Chief Executive Officer Diego Trujillo
The Medical Career Expo will run 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. for students and noon to 3 p.m. for the general public in the student union ballrooms at the College of Southern Nevada, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd.
Employers can attend for free; students from the Clark County School District’s Career and Technical Education program will also attend. Job-seeking graduates can learn what jobs are open, who can pay for training and who is hiring.
“We are trying to allow employers to connect with the next generation while at the same time reaching out to those interested in a recession-proof career,” Las Vegas HEALS Chief Executive Officer Diego Trujillo said. “We are sowing the seeds for the future, while at the same time picking fruit from the tree.”
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