Nursing education and nursing research experienced serious cuts in funding, and nursing deans, professors and RN directors speak out about how these funding cuts will affect the profession and healthcare. As a result of workforce budget cuts, those in the healthcare sector have and will lose their jobs, and facilities across the country are trying to anticipate their needs for the future. “The landscape is very unsettled right now,” said one source. “It’s not fully clear what the [healthcare] delivery system will be like in five years.” This story gives a thorough account of what healthcare entities are doing to deal with the funding and budget cuts and the changes in the economy and in healthcare.
