Economic Downturn Prompts Many Nurses To Work More Shifts, Helps Address Nursing Shortage

The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday examined how the “ailing economy” has prompted many nurses to work additional shifts, delay retirement or return to the work force from retirement — all of which have helped “ease the nursing shortage.”The nursing shortage began in the 1990s as older nurses began to retire and fewer younger nurses replaced them, and the shortage became worse as aging baby boomers increased demand for health care. By 2001, the U.S.

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Filed under: Nursing on May 15th, 2008