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I would like to thank everyone who responded to this thread. In addition, I appreciate all the links and I look forward to reading the information.

First may I begin by saying that I resent your attitude. It has been my impression that if you are seeking information, you go to the source. You have made the assumption that as a doctoral administrative student that I am lazy by "asking you (meaning nurses) to do my homework for me. This was merely one of many research tools that I was using at my disposal. I was searching the web for information and I ran across this site. My objective was to get a perspective from nurses and what was important to them. This is only a small portion of the research in the shortages of ALL healthcare allied professionals; however since the world is focused on the nursing shortage as opposed to medical technologists, respiratory therapists, radiology techs etc, I thought I would begin with nursing. To answer your question as to how the information would be used, it was for an assignment on why fewer people are entering the healthcare field. As a matter of fact, I should be focusing on an assignment I have for recruiting minorities in healthcare but I felt compelled to respond to your inflammatory post. I can only speak for myself but the reason I am a healthcare professional is I am concerned about the future of healthcare. I am a team player and my sole purpose in asking the question was to bridge the gap between the allied healthcare professionals. Forgive me for wanting to get an idea of what nurses expect and desire from administration. May I also say that if your attitude is representative of ALL nurses, I can see why your profession is not respected among other healthcare professionals.

Hello everyone! I am a doctoral student in healthcare administration and I am doing research on the nursing shortages that we have in our nation. I was hoping to get some feedback from you guys on the following: what can administrators do for you as professionals to ensure that the shortage of qualified nursing personnell is kept to a minimum? It is estimated that in the next four years,66% of the current nurses across the nation will retire. In addition, what incentives can administrators give nurses in order to recruit them to rural areas? I know I am asking a lot from you guys and I would appreciate any feedback that you can share with me on the topic. I am not a nurse and I wanted to get a true perspective of the situation from professionals working day to day