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” Congressional Quarterly, Inc., CQ Researcher, September 20, 2002. (614.234/C761) Staffs are cut as health care costs rise and nurses feel overworked and would not recommend nursing as a career. So is banning mandatory overtime and establishing minimum nurse-to-patients ratios the solution? The Nursing Shortage: Can Technology Help? California HealthCare Foundation, 2002. (614.234/C26) This report explores how technology can, and does, support nurses; focusing on implementations considered successful by interviewees. www.wha.org/workforce/pdf/nursingshortagetech.pdf Nursing Workforce: Emerging Nurse Shortages Due to Multiple Factors. U.S. General Accounting Office, July 2001. (614.234/X) http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15412 Projected Supply, Demand, and Shortages of Registered Nurses: 2000-2020. U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, July 2002. (614.234/X1) This study cites factors in a projected 29% nursing shortage by 2020. http://bhpr.hr