The Phoebe Putney Health System could use a few good nurses — actually a few hundred — but the need for qualified applicants spreads to other areas as well. “We’re actually about 350 nurses short right now,” Phoebe President and CEO Scott Steiner said. “We also need phlebotomists, lab folks, security guards, housekeeping folks.” During a Monday presentation to the Dougherty County Commission, Steiner outlined the bleak numbers in terms of a shortage of nurses and announced an upcoming initiative with Albany Technical College to help address the shortage locally.

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