Solving the Nation's Nursing Crisis

Healthcare costs have skyrocketed and more and more families are concerned about
the quality of care. A national nursing shortage is contributing to rising costs and lower
quality. Studies estimate that the need for more registered nurses ranges from 500,000
to one million over the next ten to fifteen years.

Nurses are on the frontline of healthcare, often serving as the most important
advocates for patients and their families. America must address the growing nursing
shortage in our healthcare system immediately and Jeff Merkley is the only senate
candidate in the country with a plan to do it.

Click here to read the Merkley Plan to Solve the Nation's Nursing Crisis.

Posted April 8, 2008

Jeff Merkley was born in the small town of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, the son of a sawmill worker. He's fought hard for working families in Oregon and he's ready to help lead America.

As Oregon's Speaker of the House, Jeff Merkley led one of the most effective, efficient and progressive legislative sessions in Oregon's history - with big achievements for schools, ethics, health care, jobs, alternative energy, and protections for working families.

Discover why Jeff Merkley is ready to lead.

For years, Gordon Smith has given rich corporations and well-connected lobbyists in DC the upper hand - costing too many working families their jobs.

Jeff Merkley knows first-hand it's time to crack down on big corporations outsourcing American jobs and create economic opportunity for every Oregon worker right here at home.

Dive into the issues - and learn where Jeff Merkley will lead America.

Paid for by Jeff Merkley for Oregon