Posted on Monday, December 16, 2013 at 10:15 am CST
According to employment projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ for 2010-2020, the Registered Nursing workforce is the top occupation in terms of job growth through 2020. Projections suggest the number of employed nurses will grow from 2.74 million in 2010 to 3.45 million in 2020, an increase of 26%. The estimates go on to further explain the need for 495,500 replacements in the nursing workforce, taking the total number of employment openings for nurses due to growth and replacements to 1.2 million by the year 2020.
Source: Nursingschools4u.com