Web Links

Marginal URLs:

• p. 70: Go to http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1194 to see how the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks to estimate demand and supply conditions for major agricultural products.

• For a review of the worldwide trend toward higher body masses, go to http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/facts/obesity/en/.
• To learn about various ways states and the federal government are trying to combat childhood obesity,click on the link to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/

The U.S. Nursing Shortage

For some years media stories have discussed a shortage of qualified nurses in the United States. This application explores some of the factors that have caused the quantity of newly trained nurses demanded to tend to exceed the quantity of newly trained nurses supplied.

Title: Nursing Shortage Resource Web Link

Navigation: Go to the Nursing Shortage Resource Web Link at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/shortageresource.htm, and click on Enrollment Increase Insufficient to Meet the Projected Increase in Demand for New Nurses.

Application: Read the discussion, and answer the following questions.

1. What has happened to the demand for new nurses in the United States? What has happened to the supply of new nurses? Why has the result been a shortage?

2. If there is a free market for the skills of new nurses, what can you predict is likely to happen to the wage rate earned by individuals who have just completed their nursing training?