7 Jun 2022

Nearly one in three nursing students drop out before qualifying

From Morning Report, 6:45 am on 7 June 2022

Nearly one-in-three nursing students drop-out before qualifying, due to financial pressure, family responsibilities and other factors made worse by Covid-19.

At the same time, health boards and rest homes are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to attract nurses from overseas to fill an estimated 4000 vacancies.

Ruth Hill reports.