Before beginning my research project, I know that the nursing field suffers from a shortage now but will be much worse in the future. There are several factors that I am aware of before research, and several I will learn. From what I already know, Nurses today are forced to work more with less resources resulting in mental and physical exhaustion and high turnover rates. Some nurses decided to leave the field all together. What needs to be done to elevate the shortage today and the stress from the current working conditions? If there is such a nursing shortage predicted, why are hundreds to thousands of students turned away from nursing schools? The affordable Health Plan was put into place but there was not a plan set forth to cover the
