AdvertisementThe U.S. needs more nurses, but nursing schools don't have enough slotsOctober 25, 2021Yuki NoguchifacebookEmailNurses check on a patient in a Jonesboro, Ark., ICU in August when the delta variant sparked yet another surge of serious COVID-19 cases in the region. The pandemic has only added to a longstanding nursing shortage in the U.S., statistics show. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)