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Emily Friedman

JAMA. 1990;264(23):2977-2982.

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NURSING, as it enters the 1990s, faces a crossroad.

It is more in demand than ever, but its leaders question the appropriateness of much of that demand. It seeks to end the shortages that have occurred through much of this century, but also wants to raise minimum standards for entry into the profession.

Its traditional dilemmas of external image and internal identity continue to cause conflicts. Circumstances are such that nursing and medicine should be closer than ever, but they are fighting instead.

Yet, nursing is gaining in strength, and may be in a better position to address these issues than it has ever been. There are several sources of nursing's growing power, but the key factor is that at the moment, there do not appear to be enough nurses to go around. The US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary's Commission on Nursing, which issued its final report . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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