Americans: Would you consider a career in nursing to help the shortage of nurses currently working in our health care systems?

The U.S. healthcare system is pinched by a persistent nursing shortage that threatens the quality of patient care even as tens of thousands of people are turned away from nursing schools. The shortage has drawn the attention of President Barack Obama. During a White House meeting to promote his promised healthcare system overhaul, Obama expressed alarm over the notion that the United States might have to import trained foreign nurses because so many U.S. nursing jobs are unfilled...