Lin Vernon W H, Lee Ann, Juraschek Stephen, Jones Deloras
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Nurs Econ. 2006 Nov-Dec;24(6):290-7, 279.
Various reports and opinion papers have offered suggestions to alleviate the national and California RN shortages. The methodology of using the report card concept for comparing the number of RN jobs per 100,000 populations regionally with the national database further highlights the severe shortage of RN's in various regions in California. This report card method may potentially be used as a planning or forecasting tool, as well as a monitoring tool to initiate workforce development strategies and projects, and to evaluate their effectiveness over time.