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Article: Study Shows Narrowing Gap in Nursing Shortage Due to Influx of Older First-Time Nurses; Projects Shortage of 340,000 RNs by 2020.
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- January 8, 2007
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Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Large numbers of people entering the nursing profession in their late 20s and early 30s are helping narrow the nursing shortage, according to a new study published in the January/February issue of the journal Health Affairs.
Authors David Auerbach, Ph.D., of the Congressional Budget Office, Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Dartmouth Economics Professor Douglas Staiger, Ph.D., project the substantial increase in older individuals becoming nurses will result in a shortfall of 340,000 registered nurse vacancies by 2020 instead of a previously ...