Our healthcare system is experiencing a quiet, structural atrophy. This week, Kevin Rosenquist and John Banks are joined by Jason Banks, a veteran nursing home administrator with three decades of experience on the front lines.

The conversation moves past the headlines of burnout to the reality of moral injury and the deep distress felt by healthcare workers when systemic shortages prevent them from providing ethical care. Jason breaks down the math of the crisis, noting that while the state of Alabama needs 40,000 more nurses by 2027, the current pipeline only accounts for about 5,000.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Nursing Pipeline: Why schools are forced to turn away over 80,000 qualified applicants because they lack the faculty and clinical space to train them.
• The Corp ...