It is estimated that by the year 2020, there will be a significant nursing shortage. One of the biggest contributing factors to this shortage is
A) an overproduction of nurses prepared at the ASN and LPN levels.
B) an aging workforce.
C) too few nurses prepared at the graduate level for care delivery.
D) a lack of nursing faculty to teach in nursing education programs.
D
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