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Making Sense of Competing Nursing Shortage Concepts

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	Abstract

Widespread and continuing discussions of nursing shortages frequently involve divergent concepts of shortage that can have differing policy implications. This article explains the shortage concepts used by economists, hospital administrators, and government policy makers. It discusses measurement problems and suggests possible improvements. It then sets forth the divergent policy implications of competing shortage concepts. The article’s aim is to promote greater clarity in analyses of nursing shortages and more fruitful conversations among participants who use different notions of shortages.

First published on June 2, 2008, doi:10.1177/1527154408319695

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice 2008;9:192.

A more recent version of this article appeared on August 1, 2008


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