Re: Nursing Shortage

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On 3/06/06, Mr. Blue wrote:
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> Regarding the alleged nursing shortage that Carol mentioned, I have
> seen posts from nurses on newsgroups who said that the nursing
> shortage was caused by low pay and bad working conditions. That
> shouldn't be a surprise since the laws of economics apply to the
> nursing field, just as they do other fields. Since hospitals didn't
> want to pay enough to make being a nurse worthwhile, there was a
> "shortage".
Alleged? There's nothing alleged about it.