St. Charles Health is stepping up its efforts to fill more than 600 open positions by publicizing the positions through direct mail. The health system has sent out 30 thousand postcards to registered nurses with information about the job openings – a third of the slots they need to fill are for RNs. St. Charles is also allowing some of the open positions to be performed remotely, and is now accepting applications from 16 and 17 year olds - lifting the previous requirement that applicants be at least 18. St. Charles says despite having the greatest number of open positions than ever before, patient care hasn’t been affected - they’ve been able to bring in traveling health care workers to fill the needs temporarily.