Issue Brief Summary

The Nursing Workforce Shortage:
Impacts on Health and Medical Care in New Jersey
April, 2001

Reports on the nursing shortage in New Jersey and across the country and includes research findings on nursing workforce supply and demand, and the social and demographic factors contributing to the current shortage. Summarizes federal and state-level initiatives to address the problem, which has various ramifications including the areas of: nursing practice and education, recruitment and retention, provider and patient safety in all health care settings and patient quality of care. [17pp, including tables and appendices]

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