On 10/4/06, David B. Shemano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What is the evidence that nurses are in short supply?
The population is growing, and growing older, too, requiring more health care. That's the demand side. On the supply side, enrollment in nursing schools went down. Why would women want to be nurses when they could be studying to become medical doctors? Then, there are other factors, too, such as job dissatisfaction. See below for some studies on the matter. Cf. "HRSA Responds to the Nursing Shortage Results from the 2003 Nursing Scholarship Program & The Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program: 2002-2003," <http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/2003NELRPNSPRTC/Chapter2.htm>; "Nursing Workforce: Emerging Nurse Shortages Due to Multiple Factors," <http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01944.pdf>; "Nursing Workforce: Multiple Factors Create Nurse Recruitment and Retention Problems," <http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-01-912T> -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
