An affair will be launched on March 2, 7:30 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library. The event will discover many job opportunities for nursing.  Attendees in "Nursing: Not Just a Job" will gain knowledge in the availability of two and four-year programs in nursing, which also includes graduate programs.

To fill the emptiness left by retiring physicians, the local medical centers and clinics kept on struggling but the nursing recruitment doesn’t add to the problem. At present, the average age of registered nurses in the country nearing retirement is increasing. In the year 2000, the average age of a nurse is 45.2 years, while in 46.8 years in 2004. This means that the nursing program at Umpqua Community College’s is producing adequate registered nurses to meet the local need. Last June, there were 48 students who finished the two-year nursing program at UCC's. All of the graduates are now engage in the nursing field, but not necessarily in Douglas County. According to Hendy, less than half of the graduates were hired locally last year. Another 50 students are set to graduate this June and hundreds of people will be needed for the vacated slots.

According to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the government must hire unemployed nurses who will be called warriors of wellness in areas stroked by poverty.

The President launched the Nurses Assigned in Rural Areas (NARS) program last Monday. This will install five nurses in each of the 1,000 unfortunate municipalities. Two six-month tours of duty will be given to those nurses. An allowance of P8,000 will be given to them per month. According to the President, the government will provide less than P500 million for the implementation of the program. Municipal mayors were advised to add P2,000 as incentive for the nurses. From her speech during a jobs summit at the Palace, she said that NARS will be mobilized in different hometowns. This means that they will serve as roving nurses for rural schools.

In a meeting at Doctors Hospital of Manteca, the nursing shortage will be solved by putting additional classes of newly hired for the next four months. In the event at Friday afternoon during a special reception at Doctors Hospital's conference center by administrators Mark Lisa and Carmen Silva, ten recently registered nurses were welcomed. The nurses were all hired on a full-time basis. At present, they are entering the 18th week Versant Residency Program. Tenet Healthcare Corporation is currently offering to their 10 hospitals from Manteca to Florida. Two other based hospitals are located at San Ramon and Fountain Valley. The two new nurses came from Manteca. The first is Michael Dahle, a graduate of East Union High School and the second is Jamie Mauk. He graduated from Manteca High in 1995. As part of its strategy, Tenet is expanding the residency program offered by Versant Advantage, Inc. Their goal is to expand nurse retention and to progress the acclimation of its new registered nurse graduates. According to Garry Olney, the vice president of Patient Care Services at Tenet, the RN residence will provide a transition from student nurses to professional nurse by giving them the professional skills they need to increase their competency and confidence.