Where Have All the Nurses Gone?: The Impact of the Nursing Shortage on American Healthcare

Satterly (Cancer Services Director, Martha Jefferson Hospital) offers a behind-the-scenes account of a healthcare system under stress and the declining quality of medical treatment in America, looking at factors that are driving professionals to leave nursing and students to choose other fields. She invites readers to experience one day in the life of a nurse and one day in the life of a hospital executive, then discusses hospital economics, how hospitals can retain nurses, and issues of accountability. Appendices list organizations. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Faye Satterly, R.N. (Charlottesville, VA), is Cancer Services Director at Martha Jefferson Hospital. She has been a Registered Nurse for twenty years, and served as Cancer Services Director for twelve years.