1. Discuss one reason behind the growing shortage issues according to the opinion piece. Why is this becoming more of a problem during the pandemic? Was it an issue before the pandemic? 2. How does understaffing of providers (nurses in the piece but this can be taken to other types of non-physician providers as well) affect health outcomes of patients? 3. What would be an economic solution to eliminate nursing shortages that hospitals can adopt? 4. Do physicians experience a similar problem as nurses with hospitals? 5. Discuss whether reimbursements to hospitals based on quality metrics would offer a potential solution to this