title: Specialty maldistribution. The next nursing crisis?
abstract: Clinical specialty maldistribution is a problem in the United States due, in part, to ongoing supply and demand problems created by the nursing shortage. Although the extent of difficulty is unclear, predictions of future shortages in some specialties are startling. If unresolved, maldistribution may affect quality of care or result in rationing of care in some specialties areas.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bernreuter
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Goddard
mesh_terms: D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce