These "nursing crisis" articles are a semi-annual feature, likely a PR stunt by the hospitals for more subsidies and guest nurses.

The nursing crisis is 57 years old now: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14252064/ (1965)

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    STUDENTS' DISAPPOINTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING.
    HANSEN AC, THOMAS DB. Nurs Outlook. 1965 May;13:68-72. PMID: 14291737 No abstract available.