Recession is making nursing shortage worse

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There has been a shortage of nurses needed because of the recession. Hospitals have been laying people off and some have even closed down. Some other nurses are postponing there retirements because of loss of there savings and relatives losing there jobs. This is causing a competition in employment. Then there is not enough nurses to teach the next generation. There is a chance in a long term shortage in the health career. This is a bad time for the nursing shortage because baby boomers are aging, developing more chronic conditions that will cause their health-care needs to grow dramatically, which will require a larger nursing workforce. For a while there will be to many nurses but then in the future we would have a shortage of them. I chose this article because i am going to study a health career in nursing and this good information to know.I would use this again to inform people .