title: Let's give nurses a fair shake.
abstract: America faces an impending national crisis as fewer nurses are being trained and fewer are remaining active in the nursing profession. By improving our attitudes toward nurses and by offering educational incentives, we may still be able to provide enough nurses to avoid a catastrophic nursing shortfall.
authors.affiliation: Advocacy Council of the Southwestern Surgical Congress, St. Louis, MO 63141, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pennell
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States