title: Recent trends in the registered nurse labor market in the U.S.: short-run swings on top of long-term trends.
abstract: Drawing from labor economics, background information is provided for a deeper understanding of recent changes in the nurse labor market. The difference between the short and long-run supply of RNs are distinguished, and the economic forces that determine RNs' decision to be active in the labor market are explained. The ways the nurse labor market may change in the next few years are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, The Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Peter I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Buerhaus
authors.forename: David I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Auerbach
authors.forename: Douglas O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Staiger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003657:Decision Making; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D017533:Marital Status; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload