Expanding Nurses
The number of nurses and doctors seems to be declining over the years as demand for their jobs increases, but authorities are eyeing expansion of nurses’ role in order to answer the shortage of doctors.
Recent surveys and studies unearthed pertinent facts pertaining to the looming increase of demand for nurses and the decrease in supply. In 2000, the US holds 1.89 million nurses and is constantly expanding for ten years with little of observable declines. However, there is another consideration here. The number of Americans that would need medical attention keeps on increasing rendering the supply scarce as compared to the demand. This problem is even amplified by the passage of the health care reform bill that is expected to draw some other folds of Americans to hospitals and clinics. In 2000 alone, the demand for nurses was pegged at 2 million thus the supply of 1.89 million lacks about 10%.
But as the health care system of the country came to a slate of changes, these numbers have been expected to act incredulously. For one, as the bill would draw millions of patients it would require not just a thousand pack of nurses but also thousands of doctors. This particular observation has fled a Time.com to report about rather confusing move in Chicago. As nurses are easy to produce, the changes in demand can also be attained in lesser time comparing to the demands for more doctors. The report says that authorities are trying to expand the nurses
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