Sunday, November 28, 2004:"Florida: Crippling nursing shortage looms on the national horizon:"Up Then Down. The number of nurses will actually increase in the short-term, according to Dr. Buerhaus, "The workforce is projected to peak at a size of 2.3 million in 2012," he said, but shrink to 2.2 million by 2020 owing to retirements. The increase will come from promotions to encourage young persons to enter the profession. Men entering the workforce have also been growing at a steady rate over the past two decades, increasing from 5 percent in 1983 with about 60,000 RN's in the workforce, to nearly 9 percent, or 160,000 in 2003, according to the U.S."
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So it sounds like it's going to get better, then it is going to get much, much worse. . . .

Andrew Lopez, RN
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