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Health care is the single largest driver of business costs and its high price tag has been a top concern of employers for years. A lack of nurses, caused by an insufficient number of faculty to prepare them, will increase the direct expense of health care coverage, and will negatively affect operations with increased health-related absenteeism. Without enough nurses to provide appropriate levels of care to employees, their children and family members, worker productivity will decrease, making it more difficult for business to remain profitable.
Did You Know?
Low quality care costs employers more than $7.4 billion in lost productivity.
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The New Jersey Nursing Initiative is working to transform nursing education in the state, by ensuring that New Jersey has the well prepared, diverse nurse faculty it needs to educate nurses to meet the demand for health and health care in the 21st century. To view county-specific nursing and health care data, please click on a county in the map below.