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(5 pp) Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.), chairman of
the Subcommittee on Aging of the Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions Committee, said the report,
"2000 National Sample Survey of RNs," -- being
released by the Health and Human Services Health
Resources and Services Administration - confirms
"nursing demands will exceed supply by 20% in year
2010."
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Services Administration - confirms "nursing demands will exceed supply by 20% in year 2010" (United Press Service). Statistics / Reasons for decline The number of professional nurses under the age
of thirty has declined by 41% since 1983. By 2010, forty percent of United States nurses will be over fifty years old. For the first time in the history
of the profession more women are enrolling in medical school. Men do not seem to be enrolling in nursing schools in proportionate numbers (Olson 28). Las Vegas,
Nevada already seems to be in a "world of hurt." Nevada Nurses Association (NNA) member Cynthia Bunch, RN, claims that unique demographics have influenced her city: " For
the past ten years, an estimated 6,000 people a month have moved to the Las Vegas area to start a. new life. Many are senior citizens, who are more apt
to require emergency care. In attempting to keep up with the demand, the City has added 71 beds at one facility, 22 at another and 300 beds
at a new hospital, since September 2000, and its still not enough" reports Bunch (Tressman 1). All nine hospitals in the Las Vegas area have been on emergency room
divert status at least three times a week for the last year, with the exception of the only level one trauma center in Nevada, which also serves parts of Arizona,
California, and Utah. Divert status not only means that an ambulance may have to go from one medical care facility to another, but it may also have to wait for
admittance, thus eliminating emergency services to other parts of the city (Tressman 1). Who was listening? It would seem that the right people may have not been listening, or
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