Nursing Wages in Indiana

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The paper discusses the nursing shortage and provides statistics on the growth in employment of registered nurses and their earnings. The paper looks at the Indiana State Nurses Association that was founded for Indiana's registered nurses and at how the state government is helping improve the shortage situation. The paper provides a table showing the state of Indiana's industry earnings and employment.

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"According to the principles of economics "Recognizing that people face tradeoffs does not by itself tell us what decisions they will or should make" (Mankiw, p. 4). In the labor market, nurses may trade-off more relaxed atmospheres in smaller hospitals, where they are not paid as well, for higher-paying positions in big-city hospitals where they are always busy and under pressure. Such is the case in Indiana, where, compared to the California annual mean wage of $65,100 and the Maryland mean wage ($63,070), only 31-34% of nurses earn this much. Licensed Practical Nurses in Indiana earn $32,428 to $38,890."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Allen, D.E. (1950). History of nursing in Indiana. Indianapolis: Wolfe Publishing Company.
• Bendul, B.F. (2006). Vital signs strong for vital industry: Health Services in Northwest Indiana. In Context. Vol. 8, No. 8. Retrieved January 10, 2008 from http://www.incontext.indiana.edu/2007/august/1.html.
• Buerhaus, P.I., Staiger, D.O. and Auerbach, D.I. (2004). New signs of a strengthening U.S. nurse labor market? "Health Affairs Journal. 17 Nov 2004. Retrieved January 12, 2008 from http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.w4.526/DC1.
• Greenhouse, S. (2005) Lagging wages amid growth puzzles economists. San Francisco Chronicle. 12 Apr 2005. Retrieved January 10, 2008 from http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/12/BUGCUC6H4K1.DTL&type=business
• Indiana Workforce Development. (2005). Highlights of State of Indiana, 2005 Edition. Retrieved January 12, 2008 from http://hoosierdata.in.gov/docs/highlights/Highlights_State.pdf.

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