FINLAND Helsinki University Central Hospital hit by nurse shortage Public health care hopes economic slump will attract nurses from private sector

She notes that by 2020, around 3,000 of the nurses at the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District will retire. All of the foreign nurses being recruited for work in Finland are trained nurses, and have experience in working abroad. The Finnish language will be the biggest problem. When they arrive in Finland, the nurses will have studied Finnish for nine months.