RT Journal
A1 O'Neil E, Seago J
T1 MEeting the challenge of nursing and the nation's health
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2002
FD October 23
VO 288
IS 16
SP 2040
OP 2041
DO 10.1001/jama.288.16.2040
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.16.2040
AB 
The confluent issues that create the current crisis in nursing in the
United States are complex, interrelated, and long-term in their nature. A
number of recent studies and reports point to a common set of concerns including
an aging professional population, a shrinking cohort of entry-age workers,
increasing economic pressure on the hospital care setting (a large cohort
of aging baby boomers who will need and demand more hospital-based care),
new health care and information technology, changing nature of work in general,
new life and work values for workers, and a historical sense of disenfranchisement
by the general nursing population from the decision-making process in health
care, particularly in the in-patient setting.1- 3