We’re in urgent need of a ‘new generation of nurses’

CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO – Cascade Health nurse Karen Knowlton fills out an information card among vaccine materials in the early days of the pandemic.

Unfortunately, the word of 2022 just may be “shortage.” Labor shortages, supply shortages, consumer goods shortages, and most recently, infant formula shortages.

Another shortage may not be grabbing as many headlines, but it is no less critical: a national, state, and local shortage of nurses.

Business leaders attending a recent Springfield…