title: State boards of nursing respond to the nurse shortage.
abstract: A changing health care delivery system, coupled with nursing shortages predicted to worsen over the next 10 to 15 years, provide major challenges to policy makers and particularly to State Boards of Nursing. Emerging innovation in nursing education and nursing practice will challenge existing laws, rules, and opinions of Boards of Nursing. Maintaining dialogue among major stakeholders and working collaboratively to shape a preferred future will benefit both the profession and the public.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Renatta S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Loquist
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States