TY  - JOUR
T1  - MEeting the challenge of nursing and the nation's health
AU  - O'Neil E, Seago J
Y1  - 2002/10/23
N1  - 10.1001/jama.288.16.2040
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2040
EP  - 2041
VL  - 288
IS  - 16
N2  - 
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

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.288.16.2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.16.2040
ER  -