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Canada faces nurse shortage

BMJPublished 15 April 2000Open access
David J. Spurgeon
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TL;DR

Canada is in the grip of a serious shortage of registered nurses that by all accounts will grow worse in years to come and the most comprehensive national study predicts a shortage in Canada (except Quebec) of between 59000 and 113000 by 2011.

Keywords

Health Professions