NEW MEXICO IS LOSING DOCTORS. BUT WALLET-HUB-DOT-COM FINDS THAT THIS STATE RANKS SECOND IN THE NATION FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR NURSES. JILL GONZALEZ WITH WALLET HUB SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS CONSIDERED…. LIKE CURRENT JOB OPENINGS … THE NUMBER OF NURSES IN THE STATE … WORK ENVIRONMENT … STARTING AND ANNUAL PAY … HOW MUCH COMPETITION THERE IS AND THE NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THERE ARE.
SHE SAYS NEW MEXICO RIGHT NOW HAS ONE OF THE MOST NURSING JOBS OPEN PER CAPITA. ONE REASON FOR THIS IS THE HIGH NUMBER OF DOCTORS LEAVING THE STATE. GONZALEZ SAYS NEW MEXICO IS ALSO HAS THE 4TH HIGHEST POPULATION OF PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER, SO EVEN MORE NURSES WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.
