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The Nursing Shortage Case

The Unemployment rate in the U.S. is approaching an all time low. What this means is that those individuals who want a job or can work are currently employed. This does not mean there are no jobs out there that need to be filled. To the contrary, there are a lot of jobs available just not enough people to fill the jobs. One of the areas with the most vacancies is this country is the Nursing profession. Virtually every hospital is aggressively recruiting nurses. Due to the large number of vacancies, some hospitals are being forced to turn to foreign trained nurses. Experts anticipate nursing positions to be in short supply for years to come. As a result, you have a conflict between supply and demand thus creating almost a bidding war between hospitals and even Poaching between hospitals.

PURPOSE OF THIS CASE: The purpose of this exercise is to give you experience in creating a thought provoking, enticing, and actionable advertisement using the AIDA guidelines.

REQUIRED UNDERSTANDINGS: You must be thoroughly familiar with the contents of Chapter 5 and with the nurse recruitment program of The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. You are not to just copy the hospitals website. You Must Get Creative!!!!

2. Based on the information available on the hospital’s website, create a hard-copy advertisement for the hospital to place in the Sunday edition of the “Birmingham News”.

(DO NOT ACTUALLY SEND TO THE NEWSPAPER. THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE!!!!!!

3. Analyze the hospital’s current online nurse’s advertisement. How would you improve on it? Explain why you would make the changes.

4. Besides placing the ad in the local newspaper, what other recruiting sources would you recommend and why?

GRADING:

Strong written communication skills are important in every aspect of Management. Therefore, you will be graded on grammar and spelling, so proofread your work.

You will be graded on your use of the AIDA guidelines as well as your analysis of the hospital’s website and your creativity.