THE "NURSING SHORTAGE"

The committee felt that the actual grading of schools could not safely be undertaken until more was known as to the causes for the prevailing unrest, not only in the nursing profession itself but in the ranks of physicians, hospital and public health workers, and patients, who come in contact with nursing problems.

Abstract

This is a report of progress. The American Medical Association is one of the seven national organizations officially represented on the Committee on the Grading of Nursing Schools. For the year 1927 it contributed $5,000 for the support of the work. Other organizations and individuals also contributed generously. This is a brief summary of what has been done with the money. The chief activity of the year has been in connection with the "Supply and Demand" study. It was felt by the committee that the actual grading of schools could not safely be undertaken until more was known as to the causes for the prevailing unrest, not only in the nursing profession itself but in the ranks of physicians, hospital and public health workers, and patients, who come in contact with nursing problems. Accordingly, the first year has been spent in gathering reports from representatives of all these fields to