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

Abstract

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. Opsomming 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. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.