Implications of an aging registered nurse workforce.

By P. Buerhaus, Douglas O. Staiger, D. Auerbach. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2000

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Nurses' reports on hospital care in five countries. (2001, result): “These data are consistent with findings of Peter Buerhaus and Douglas Staiger that in the United States fewer college-age youth, who have traditionally been the major base of conventional students in schools of nursing, are choosing careers in nursing.(12) The low percentage of younger nurses in Can”
Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job. The Hamilton Project Policy Brief No. 2006-01. (2006, result): “Similar trends have occurred in other professions traditionally dominated by women, such as nursing (Buerhaus, Staiger, and Auerbach 2000; Staiger, Auerbach, and Buerhaus 2000).”
Human Capital and Sustainability (2011, background): “By the year 2020, a shortfall of 400,000 nurses and 200,000 doctors is projected [76,77].”
A hands-off physical therapy assistance robot for cardiac patients (2005, background): “At the same time, the registered nurses community is also aging; the percentage of female nurses over the age of 35 is on the rise while fewer young people are entering the field of nursing than in the past [3].”