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today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

considering this economic downturn, the numbers of undergraduates pursuing nursing careers began to also decline. In 1991, Canada ...

for registered nurses by 2010 (Feeg 8). While statistics such as these have received a great deal of press, what is less well kno...

the central problem is often the inappropriate use of unlicensed personnel in the workplace setting. Though nurse mangers are ins...

US shortage has caused many healthcare institutions to look for nurses outside their countrys borders and many nurses are leaving ...

educators in the past, are lured away from academia by better-paying positions in clinical and private practice (Mee, 2003). Furth...

the new paradigm becomes the new standard. Lewin once commented, "If you want to truly understand something, try to change it" (Go...

2003). Most international nurses coming to the US come from the Philippines, but many also come from Canada and India with addit...

the very act of following the "law" (i.e., supply and demand) of economics now has exacerbated the shortage of nurses who also are...

1999). Elderly patients who are alert, and not declared incompetent, have the right to refuse treatment, which includes turning or...

Kanters position that the situational aspects of a working environment have the ability to influence worker attitudes and behavior...

budget restraints. Nurses leave the profession because they are "distressed by being unable to provide quality nursing care, disgr...

in nursing educators aged 36 to 45 (Lewallen, et al, 2003). To complicate matters further, recent statistics show that nurses wh...

can be countermanded by politicians (Walsh, 2006). As a way to perhaps provide some form of suggestion as to what to do with the l...

In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...

type of agricultural system. They dismiss modern agriculture as a form of "industrialization," or demonize it for its "chemicaliza...

since the survey was initiated in 1977, for example, between 1992 and 1996, the number of nurses grew by 14.2 percent (Mee, 2001)....

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

affect the level of health care available to individuals in sub-Saharan nations, the exodus of qualified health care providers and...

in the global economy Hong Kong has seen the emergence of a new economy. This manifests most apparently in changes in the labour m...

of the great need for Hispanic nurses which has been created by the growing Hispanic population, this occupational choice presents...

the automotive industry so while suppliers may be facing critical shortages in skilled labor, the major auto manufacturers themsel...

causing in increase in health services. Furthermore, the US workforce of Registered Nurses (RNs) are aging as well. The ironic fac...

from sheer numbers. Cars us an incredible amount of our natural resources -- not just oil, but all the material needed to make a c...

The most recognized expert in any field is useless in the classroom if he or she cannot communicate that expertise to the students...

have a negative impact on the quality of patient care, says Dr. Paul F. Clark, professor of labor studies and industrial relations...

and settings. Individuals reactions to the same stressors can be quite different, with one stressor creating significant stress r...

is not being replaced by individuals wishing to go into nursing or the health care environment. This has been shown by a slow decr...

of patients that not only speak about the medical problem, but also monopolize the staffs time by discussing volumes of informatio...

a less than desirable life choice as fewer and fewer college students are making the commitment to becoming teachers. The result h...