Factors Affecting Nurses’ Shortage – Literature Review |Biomedgrid

The deficiency of nurses has long existed not only in Georgia but also in the world, as indicated by studies conducted in different countries and statistics on the ratio of nurse-patient and doctor-nurse. Of course, the causes and factors vary according to the development of the countries. In some countries, including the United States, the nursing profession is prestigious and in demand, higher nursing education is competitive, mainly the reason for the Nurses shortage is the rapid growth of the country's population. In a number of countries, as well as in Georgia, the shortage of nurses is due to unpopularity of the Nursing Profession.