Demand for health-care workers will be fastest-growing
Nursing students are the future of health care, the fastest-growing demand in the Thompson-Cariboo region in the next 10 years.
A labour market study, released Friday by Venture Kamloops, reveals that out of the 35,000 workers needed in the region by 2025, about 2,500 are in health care.
Across B.C., it’s estimated that over 20,000 new nurses will be required in the next decade.
“When we look at the age demographic of the current practicing RNs, that age demographic is actually quite high, and a lot of them will be leading into retirement,” says the Associate Dean of Nursing Donna Petri.