Revisiting this topic may help us be clear and focused on what our priorities should be during this severe shortage. Now that we almost have everyone's attention, we need to be prepared to answer concisely when asked what nursing needs and what it will take to solve the nursing shortage. Our answers to these questions cannot be vague or indecisive. We must be clear and focused on what nursing needs right now. As long as I have been a nurse, I have strongly supported the idea that nursing clearly ...