Children’s hospitals feeling the brunt of the nursing shortage

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Children’s hospitals are feeling the brunt of the nursing shortage as home care nurses continue to leave the industry. Medical experts say many are underpaid in a segment of health care that isn’t widely known about and competes against hospitals and long-term care facilities.

It’s a tightrope act for families like the Jenkins as the family cares for three medically sensitive children.