title: Addressing the shortage. Strategies for building the nursing workforce.
abstract: For more than two decades, nursing educators and administrators have grappled with issues of declining student enrollments and the concurrent "defection" of nurses from the labor market. This article describes both short- and long-term strategies for addressing the nursing shortage and identifies new opportunities for collaboration in building the nursing workforce of the future.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Workforce Development, University of Maryland Baltimore, 515 W. Lombard Street, Suite 479, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. heller@son.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Barbara R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: Leslie P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Lichtenberg
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008119:Lobbying; D040541:Marketing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D012938:Social Perception; D012945:Social Values