Hi,
Nursing is a profession that is in high demand. "Some States report
current and projected shortages of RNs, primarily due to an aging RN
workforce and recent declines in nursing school enrollments.
Imbalances between the supply of and demand for qualified workers
should spur efforts to attract and retain qualified RNs. For example,
employers may restructure workloads, improve compensation and working
conditions, and subsidize training or continuing education." Estimates
are that the demand for nurses is high and will continue to increase
21 to 35 percent by the year 2010.
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm#outlook
Monster.com - the job seekers resources reports that the demand for
nurses will continue to rise. "The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
projects that the US will need more than a million new nurses by 2010.
According to the American Hospital Association, 100,000 nurses are
already needed to fill current vacancies."
http://featuredreports.monster.com/laborshortage/degrees/
http://www.mnnurses.org/bargain/barg%20units/ANW/Anw2001.pdf
provides a good breakdown and graphs for the next several years
expected supply and demand ratios.
Some articles that discuss this:
DEMAND FOR NURSES CREATES POSITIVE EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
http://www.nmu.edu/nr/years/1999/Nov99/10/07Jun153718.html
This article from 1995 from the American Nurses Association is
interesting in that they seemed to think that by 2000 the need for RNs
would shrink.
Supply, Demand, Need -- Nursing's Numbers Revisited
http://www.nursingworld.org/readroom/supp2.htm
Some additional statistics that may be of interest
http://www.aacn.org/AACN/practice.nsf/a40dd285cb9efd8e8825669e00031e21/e4c36ba1504a36eb882566a5007f83a6?OpenDocument=
search terms: Statistics Demand Nurses RNs
Hope this helps,
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