Connecticut Health Policy Project - March 2008 Quiz - Test your knowledge about the nursing shortage

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Test your knowledge about the nursing shortage.

March 2008

1. The current nurse shortage is a result of:

a) Too few new nurses replacing retiring nurses
b) Population growth
c) The aging of the population
d) All of the above

2. The average age of Registered Nurses in the US is:

a) 27
b) 35
c) 47
d) 55

3. In 1998, hospitals reported a nursing turnover rate of 11.7%. By 2000, that number had risen to:

a) 26.2%
b) 23.8%
c) 17.3%
d) 13.1%

4. If current trends continue, by 2020, New England should expect a shortage of:

a) 24,000 nurses
b) 367,000 nurses
c) 189,000 nurses
d) 232,000 nurses

5. Enrollments in US baccalaureate nursing programs increased by almost 8% in 2006. However, that same year nursing schools turned away:

a) 320 qualified applicants in 2006
b) 3,200 qualified applicants in 2006
c) 32,000 qualified applicants in 2006
d) 320,000 qualified applicants in 2006

Sources: American Association of Colleges of Nursing. 2006-2007 Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing. American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2006.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet. American Association of Colleges of Nursing, March 2007.

Bureau of Health Professions. Projected Supply, Demand, and Shortages of Registered Nurses: 2000-2020.

US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, July 2002.

Bureau of Health Professionals. The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the March 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses.

US Department of Health and Human Services, health Resources and Services Administration, 2006. General Accounting Office.

Nursing Workforce: Emerging Nurse Shortage Due to Multiple Factors. United States General Accounting Office, July 2001.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The. Addressing the Nursing Shortage: State Nursing Workforce Centers Collect and Assess Data Needed for Policy Change.

Charting Nursing’s Future, February 2006. Rogers, A, et al. The Working Hours of Hospital Staff Nurses and Patient Safety.

Health Affairs 2004, 23(4): 202-212.

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