Confronting the Nursing Profession’s Workforce Challenges: Embracing Iceberg Demographics

Abstract

U.S. Supreme Court rulings on reproductive rights and affirmative action inadvertently present the nursing profession with a propitious opportunity to capitalize on the nation's rich mosaic of iceberg demographic identities—inherited and acquired traits that may not be visibly apparent—to address imminent challenges such as worker shortages and other perplexities within the workplace milieu.