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July 2007 | Nurse.com

Television Commercials Shed Light on Nursing Shortage more >

April 2007 | New York Daily News

Schools join together to help hospitals fill vacancies. more >

April 2007 | Clarion-Ledger

A social worker is on her way to becoming a nurse, thanks to the University of Mississippi Medical Center expanding its nursing program by 40 students. more >

August 2006 | USA Today

Nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the city faces a shortage of doctors, nurses, and hospital beds for the most vulnerable: the poor, the uninsured and those who are grappling with mental illness and substance abuse. more >

July 2006 | Daily Record

Mr. Goldberg may have been a difficult nursing home patient in the early '70s, but he also was tenderly remembered by a particular nurse. Registered Nurse Martha Smith tells the story of their meeting in "Treasures of a Nurse's Heart", a newly released memoir of highlights from her 50-year nursing career. more >

July 2006 | Star-Ledger

An advocacy group of Arab-American nurses is expanding beyond Michigan and trying to open chapters in other states, including New Jersey... more >

July 2006 | Nursing Economics

What a friend nursing has in the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation. RWJ's good work for the nursing profession has helped us understand our profession, quality of care issues, the importance of adequate nurse staffing, and now the need to retain the older nurse as long as we can. more >

April 2006 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia may soon become the 50th and last state to allow nurse practitioners to write prescriptions for patients... more >

March 2006 | Memphis Business Journal

Tennesseans who hope to become nurses may have a slightly easier time, thanks to a Nashville fundraiser... more >

February 2006 | New Jersey Business Journal

Today, New Jersey's hospitals and medical centers find themselves competing among themselves and with other fields to attract enough high-quality nurses. The use of sign-on bonuses, pension enhancements, tuition reimbursements and higher salaries are not unusual – and not unlike practices of "blue-chip" corporations in strong economic cycles... more >

November 2005 | Nursing Faculty Shortage Article

Lack of Faculty Contributes on Ongoing Nursing Shortage – America is facing a nursing shortage that is threatening the quality of health care for patients. A major factor in the problem is a nationwide shortage of faculty in nursing school programs... more >

September 2005 | Pulse

Campaign aims to make nursing's future brighter – Andrea Higham, director of The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future, is recognized for her efforts in promoting the nursing profession. more >

June 2005 | Men in Nursing Article

More Men in Nursing: Is Trend Enough to Solve Shortage – Higher wages and job security are prompting more men to enter the field of nursing... more >

May 2005 | New York Times Magazine

Nursing – Gateway to a Flexible Career: The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future is highlighted for its efforts in helping to solve the nursing shortage. more >

March 2005 | Nurses World Magazine

In the Limelight: By working to raise public awareness about the importance of nursing, Johnson & Johnson is hoping to make shortages a thing of the past. more >

October 2004 | CNBC Transcript: The Squawk Box

We're off to the hospital, where a nationwide nursing shortage has reached well past 100,000. We're short 100,000 nurses. It's one of the issues facing the healthcare business, and one that industry giant Johnson & Johnson has decided to try and help fix... more >