Richard Lamphier, president of the Georgia Nurses Association, told CNN that between 3,000 and 3,500 retired nurses in the state have asked to return to work amid a critical shortage of nursing staff.
“There were about 10,000 [nursing professionals] a day that were retiring [nationally],” Lamphier told CNN. “As of right now, with nurses coming back to the bedside from retirement and also nurses that may have worked in nonclinical roles, those nurses will be activated to come back to take care of patients as well.”