title: [Response of Taiwan nursing education to today's nursing shortage].
abstract: The shortage of nursing manpower has recently attracted significant attention from Taiwan society. Government efforts to improve the nursing practice environment have challenged the quality of current domestic nursing education. This article provides an overview of Taiwan nursing education in terms of its development under current nursing shortage conditions and in light of Taiwan's low birthrate, ageing society. A few suggestions for nursing education are listed at the end of the article.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Republic of China. smc710@gmail.com
authors.forename: Shieu-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D013624:Taiwan; D000078329:Workforce