A nurse is entering the health care workforce. Which of the following expectations should the nurse have for the workforce? (Select all that apply.)
a. There is a shortage of nurses in the United States.
b. Schools of nursing turn away qualified applicants due to lack of faculty and limi-tations of clinical sites.
c. By 2016 there are expected to be 527,000 new nursing positions.
d. More students are choosing laboratory science, pharmacy technology, and radi-ology technology over nursing.
e. There is a shortage of physician specialists in the United States.
ANS: A, B, C
The first three options are true. The laboratory science, pharmacy technology, and radiology technology programs have all seen declining enrollments. There is a shortage of primary care phy-sicians as more physicians are choosing to specialize.
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