How to solve the nursing shortages.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)

Publication: Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand

Publication Date: 01-MAR-06

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Concern about the shortage of nurses in New Zealand is growing. As we know, many nurses leave New Zealand to work overseas because of uncompetitive salaries at home, and workloads, which are exacerbated by staff shortages. As far as I know, fewer school-leavers and others are choosing to enter nursing, so the workforce is shrinking. The nursing degree is costly and the financial return, once you are qualified, not much to...

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