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Brian Vastag

JAMA. 2001;285:1435.

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Although the number of registered nurses in the United States grew by 138 000 between 1996 and 2000—a 5.4% increase—a staffing shortage looms, warns a new report from the DHHS. "New data confirm what industry reports and public perceptions have been claiming: From children's hospitals to nursing homes, employers cannot hire enough RNs," says the report, entitled Hard Numbers, Hard Choices, which draws from surveys of the nursing workforce conducted every 4 years by the DHHS's Health Resources and Services Administration.

The surveys reveal that the nursing workforce is aging, which may lead to greater shortages in the future. In 1980, 40% of RNs were age 35 and younger, but today that figure is 18%. "We are losing our experienced nurses," said Sen John Kerry (D, Mass), at a press conference announcing the report. Kerry and Sen James Jeffords (R, Vermont) promised to introduce legislation to ease the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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