Jordan Krisman

Evaluation of Sources
World-Wide Web Sources
Rosseter, Robert. "Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet." Aacn.nche.edu. American Association of Colleges
of Nursing, 24 Apr. 2014. Web. 04 Oct. 2015.
This article was written in 2014, so all the information is up to date. The article includes different
facts from many different sources. An example of this is when the article says, The RN
workforce is expected to grow from 2.71 million in 2012 to 3.24 million in 2022. Having upto-date information helps establish the topic of why there is a nursing shortage and how it can
be solved. This article also has good authority because it is written by the American
Association of College of Nursing.
Nevidjon, Brenda, and Jeanette Ives Erickson. "The Nursing Shortage: Solutions for the Short and
Long Term." The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 4th ser. 6.1 (2001): n. page. Web. 4 Oct.
2015.
The facts in this article sound up-to-date due to the facts it was written in 2001. It talks about the
problem at hand, but it also gives possible solutions for the problem. Overall I would rate this
article a 4 because having up-to-date facts is very good for a source to have and it also the
authors are both nurses of some sort, so they have knowledge in the field.
Academic Databases
Lois, Manuel. "The Shortage of Critical Care Physicians: Is there a Solution?" Journal of critical
care 29.6 (2014): 1121-2.ProQuest. Web. 4 Oct. 2015.

The article is written by Manuel Lois who is an MD at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort
Worth. Since he is an MD he is a reliable source. This article says its objective is to provide a
solution to the critical care physician shortage. I would rate this article a 4 because it has good
sources and focuses on just one area of nursing, but there are a few parts where the
information seems wrong.

Kowalski, Karen, and Brian M. Kelley. "What's The ROI For Resolving The Nursing Faculty
Shortage?." Nursing Economic$ 31.2 (2013): 70-76. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition.
Web. 4 Oct. 2015.
In this article the author uses good visualizations like the graphs for the relevancy aspect. I didnt
find any bias in this article it just includes a lot of facts. The information in this article comes
from the 2008-2010. The statistics probably have not changed much since then, so using these
facts will work.

Books
Committee on Education and the Workforce. The Nursing Shortage: Causes, Impact, and Innovative
Remedies. Washington, D.C.: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
2002. Print. 107-31.
This book is written by many well-known nurses and doctors, so the knowledge that they shared
with the world are accurate. Although this book is written by well-known people it was written
in 1988. Due to being so old the facts in this book are not up-to-date and dont serve as being
accurate. This book relates to my question because it gives some strategies to how we can get
people to want to become part of the nursing field. Overall I dont think I would use this
sources since it is so old.
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Bureau of Health Professionals, Division of Nursing. Nursing Shortage:
Strategies for Nursing Practice and Education: Report of the National Invitational Workshop.
Springfield, Va.: National Technical Information Service, 1988. Print.
This book is a hearing from the Committee on Education and the Workforce talking about the

nursing shortage in 2001. In this hearing they discussed the causes and impact of the nursing
shortage which is exactly what my topic is about. Throughout this book different health care
field people came to state their experiences they had in the field. The book has a little bias on
each side just due to there being many people stating their own experiences.