Nursing Shortage Is Over? Really?
To those affected by the most recent RN shortage that began in the late 1990s, research by workforce expert Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, and colleagues published in the December issue of Health...
View ArticleYoung nurses to the rescue?
What if a group of experts made dire predictions about the future and people responded? It looks like that’s happened for the nursing shortage that’s been predicted for the last decade. According to a...
View ArticleAnother Jobs Projection
U.S. News & World Report placed "registered nurse" atop its list of "The Best Jobs of 2012" published in February. In the accompanying article, a federal labor department official predicts the...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act is About Wellness & Prevention
By Elinor Abraham, MSN, APRN, BC, Nurse Coordinator, Federal Occupational Health Unit, Program Support Center, National Courts Building, Washington, D.C.The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is designed to...
View ArticleMen in Nursing: A Diversity Solution
By Sam Osei, RNIn my opinion, I do not think the body of nursing has done enough to acknowledge the presence of males in the nursing profession in this 21st century. Low interest in nursing for men...
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