title: Cultivating our human resources.
abstract: In the past, work force shortages were viewed as episodic and part of the natural ebb and flow of school enrollment and interest levels in the profession. Now, we are taking a look at what seems clearly to be a collision between peak patient demands as the baby boom generation ages and a severely shrinking influx of health care professionals and we realize that we are heading into uncharted waters.
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States