Guam: Win-win. Program to train nursing assistants

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Monday, January 17, 2005: Guam: Win-win. Program to train nursing assistants is of benefit to all:"Guam Memorial Hospital has historically had a problem recruiting and retaining nurses. Right now, the hospital is short about 18 licensed practical nurses and 27 registered nurses. "We're still losing one or two nurses for every two to three nurses that we recruit," said Lillian Posadas, GMH assistant administrator of Nursing Services earlier this month. In an effort to alleviate the shortage, and to groom future nurses, the Allied Health Program was created by Guam Community College, the Agency for Human Resources Development and Guam Memorial Hospital. The program comprises 24 high school students, who will receive 480 hours of training through August. They earn academic credit and are paid, as well."
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I hope they realize the hospital is not offering this training out of the goodness of it's heart. The fact is they have to do something to recruit more nurses and it will chiefly benefit them in the long-run to have more home grown nurses.

Andrew Lopez, RN
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