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Shortages of Nurses in California

Over the past two decades, there have been recurrent reports of nursing
shortages in the United States, California, and other nations. CCHWS
has conducted several studies of nursing shortages, their
characteristics, and how to solve them. Research in this area is
ongoing. CCHWS is now working with the California Board of Registered
Nursing to develop new forecasts of supply and demand for nurses in
California over the next 30 years.

Forecasts of shortages:
Coffman J, Spetz J. (1999) Maintaining an adequate supply of registered nurses in California. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship.31(4):389-393. Abstract

Spetz J. (2006) Regional Forecasts of the Registered Nurse Workforce in California. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies. Full text

Spetz J, Dyer W. (2005) Forecasts of the RN Workforce in California, 2005. Sacramento, CA: Board of Registered Nursing. Full text | User tool | User tool instructions

Spetz J, Given R. (2003) The Future of the Nurse Shortage: Will Wage Increases Close the Gap? Health Affairs. 22(6):199-206. Abstract

Spetz J. (2007) Forecasts of the Registered Nurse Workforce in California. Sacramento, CA: California Board of Registered Nursing. Report

Characteristics of hospitals with shortages:
Seago JA, Ash M, Spetz J, Coffman J, Grumbach K. (2001) Hospital Registered Nurse Shortage: Environmental, Patient, and Institutional Predictors. Health Services Research. 36(5):833-854. Abstract

Grumbach K, Ash M, Seago JA, Spetz J, Coffman J. (2001) Measuring shortages of hospital nurses: How do you know a hospital with a nursing shortage when you see one? Medical Care Research and Review. 58(4):387-403. Abstract

Presentations
Spetz J, Unruh L. Can Wage Increases End Nursing Shortages? AcademyHealth, Boston, and International Health Eocnomics Association, Barcelona, 2005

Contact: Joanne Spetz, PhD