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Volume 354:1648-1649 April 13, 2006 Number 15
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Curing the Nursing Shortage — The Role of Compensation

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To the Editor: Like many others who discuss remedies for the shortage of nurses, Chaguturu and Vallabhaneni (Oct. 27 issue)1 mention the issue of pay only in passing and emphasize such nebulous measures as the "creation of work environments that are challenging yet rewarding." Yet unrewarding working conditions cannot be the heart of the problem. Chronic shortages do not arise in other occupations with difficult working conditions, because the pay stays high enough to induce a sufficient supply of workers to endure them. We need to pay more attention to hospital practices that keep nurses' wages from rising enough to . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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