title: Determination of nurse adequacy in rural areas.
abstract: The examination of the adequacy of nursing resources requires an analysis of a variety of factors. Because registered nurses primarily provide their services as employees of organized health care delivery structures, the number, size and type of these structures in an area are key to the nursing resources required and the nurse supply.
authors: Bureau of Health Professions, Rockville, MD 20857.
authors: E B
authors: EB
authors: Moses
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D012423:Rural Health; D014481:United States