Nursing shortages across Tasmania are a small part of larger issues being faced by the States' Health Service sector.
Students may not be eligible to start work, despite graduating in the last year and applying for registrations up to 3 months ago, as graduates are yet to receive their registration from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
Andrew Bakery, Executive director of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation said he has “...heard from a number of graduate nurses who are waiting for their registration [and they] can only try and understand how stressful this must be for them moving up to a new career."