JOPLIN, Mo. - Dottie Bringle entered the medical field in 1984, and she says there has not been a time since when there wasn't a shortage of nurses.
Bringle, now vice president of patient care services for St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, said she has a nursing staff of more than 600 full-time people. She hired 56 new nurses last year, and still had15 openings at the beginning of this year.
Bringle, now vice president of patient care services for St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, said she has a nursing staff of more than 600 full-time people. She hired 56 new nurses last year, and still had15 openings at the beginning of this year.
