Nursing Shortage Prompts Bill Package In State Leg.
By Robert Wargas / Suffolk Life Newspapers
A series of bills in the New York State Assembly will try to address the problem of the state's growing nursing shortage, which continues to compromise medical quality and has led to a healthcare vacuum at many hospitals and nursing homes, officials announced last week.

Nurse Shortage Tests Wits of Hospitals, Nonprofits, Schools
By Myung Oak Kim / Rocky Mountain News
For each nurse hired in Colorado, almost two positions are still available across the state, according to the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence, a nonprofit formed in 2002 to address the nurse shortfall. The average age of nurses is 47. In recent years, hospitals, nonprofit organizations and nursing schools have joined forces to tackle the problem.