A nursing instructor quizzes the students on factors that have contributed to the nursing shortage. Which answer by a student would indicate that further teaching is needed?
a. increase of elderly and frail patients
b. aging nursing population
c. variable numbers of nursing students
d. restructuring efforts in the health care system
C
Further teaching is needed if a student responded variable numbers of nursing students. Some
contributing factors to the nursing shortage are declining number of nursing students in the pipeline, an
increase in chronically ill and frail elderly patients who need nursing care, an aging nursing
population, and various restructuring efforts in our health care system.
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