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Professional nurses’ requests to remove their names from the South African nursing council’s register Part 1: introduction and literature review

Valerie J Ehlers
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 8, No 2 | a126 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v8i2.126 | © 2003 Valerie J Ehlers | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 04 November 2003 | Published: 04 November 2003

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Valerie J Ehlers, UNISA, South Africa

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Worldwide a severe shortage of professional nurses is expected to occur between 2005 and 2020 - when the “baby boomers” born between 1947 and 1962 reach retirement age.

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Wêreldwyd word daar tussen 2005 en 2020 ‘n ernstige tekort aan professionele verpleegkundiges voorspel - wanneer die “baby boomers” wat tussen 1947 en 1962 gebore is, gaan aftree.

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