title: Report of the National Commission on Nurse Anesthesia Education. The impact of the national nursing shortage on applicants for nurse anesthesia educational programs.
abstract: The serious nursing shortage of the late 1980s is reviewed in relation to the impact it has had on the recruitment and training of nurse anesthetists. A rapid expansion of the nurse anesthesia educational system and improved practice conditions for all nurses are advocated.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D004465:Economic Competition; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009729:Nursing; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce