Tuesday, June 28th 2011 1 PM EST
Due to the aging of the 78 million baby boomers in the U.S., estimates reveal that acute care patient demands will exceed the supply of nurses by 1 million in 2020. Moreover, nurses report the number one reason for leaving the nursing profession, other than retiring, is secondary to the physical demands of the profession and job related stress. Concurrently, specific acute care units dedicated to the special needs of this growing population are emerging across the county providing a plethora of statistics that reveal when facility design and the nursing care plan adapts to the n
