NEWS ADVISORY:
             RESEARCHER DISCUSSES JOB MARKET FOR NURSES

	COLUMBUS -- Peter Buerhaus, director of the Harvard Nursing 
Research Institute, will discuss "The Nurse Labor Market: How Bad 
is It, How Bad Will it Get?" on Saturday, April 25 from 9:15-
10:15 a.m. in 172 Newton Hall, 1585 Neil Ave.  

	An author of many articles about the nurse labor market and 
the health care system, Buerhaus studies the forces affecting the 
labor market, including the hospital industry and the supply and 
demand for hospital RNs.  

	His is the keynote address for the College of Nursing Alumni 
Society Alumni Day and Continuing Education event, which will be 
held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 25.
	
	Buerhaus will also discuss the nursing labor market with 
students and faculty on Friday, April 24 from 3-4:30 p.m. in 244 
Newton Hall.

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CONTACT: Sharon Hatem, College of Nursing, 292-0596.