The nursing shortage is of major concern because of which of the following?
a. There has been a sudden increase in births over the last few years.
b. Generation Xers are reaching middle age.
c. Many of the Baby Boomer generation will be retiring by the year 2015.
d. There has been a significant increase in smoking among millennial workers.
C
The nursing shortage is of major concern because 78 million Baby Boomers will be retiring by the year 2015, and health care demands are expected to soar.
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