Supply; Mathematical Models; *Nurses; Occupational Choice IDFYTIFIERS *Labor Force Participation

During the 1960,s, nursing education shifted draratically away from hospital-operated diploma schools toward associate degree and baccalaureate programs. This report examines the nature of this shift in training and its anticipated impact on future supply. Other important factors affecting the future supply of nurses are analyzed, including the relative economic attractiveness of nursino compared with other professions, the proportions of female high school graduates entering and completing nurse training, and the procortion of trained nurses who are not working as nurses. N labor supply function is derived, permitting projections of labor supply and labor force participation of nurses through the 1970's. These projections are comoared with the exnected demand for nurses.!311) "