Active State-Level Engagement with the Nursing Shortage: A Study of Five Midwestern States

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-112

  Cooksey, Judith A ^a   Mclaughlin, Wendy ^a   Russinof, Hollis ^a   Martinez, Louise I ^a   Gordon, Cynthia ^a  

^a Illinois Regional Health Workforce Center   (United States)

Author keywords

health workforce; nurse interviews; nursing shortage; state policy; strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993825043     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154404263893     Document Type: Article

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