Kathy Bell
50:16 - 50:49
"I would love to say yes, that this 100 people knocking at the door, but there isn't because it's a nursing shortage right now. There's a nursing shortage in all parts of nursing."
“I would love to say yes, that this 100 people knocking at the door, but there isn't because it's a nursing shortage right now. There's a nursing shortage in all parts of nursing.”
- Speaker
- Kathy Bell
- Timestamp
- 50:16 – 50:49
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 2, 2026
From the transcript
I would love to say yes, that this 100 people knocking at the door, but there isn't because it's a nursing shortage right now. There's a nursing shortage in all parts of nursing. But I did recently just hire two nurses for our office to fill two positions and it's only June 2nd, so I'm hoping that we'll be able to hire and fill the other open positions. Also last year I Went into the start of the school year with I believe, six open positions. We hired two and then, and there was a hiring freeze, so we still had four open the whole school year, which we didn't fill.
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