Pielęgniarki na rynku pracy

Nurse position on the labour market Purpose of the paper is description of nurse position on the labour market and vis a vis employers in health care system. Shrinking of the personnel supply and low attractiveness of the nurse occupation due to low wages has been indicated. High labour unionisation and capacity for strike organizing were described. A thesis of the article it is that the defensive strategy of nurses is concentrated now more around the collective action than across competing on the labour market. The alterability of this strategy is sketched as one to be more oriented on the market balance in consequence of the lack of sufficient inflow to the occupation of young candidates. The empirical base of analysis constitutes: public statistics presented by Ministry of Health, Central Statistical Office, Chambers of Nurses and Midwives, and research findings coming from project: “Municipal Hospitals under the pressure of changes”, done in years 2012–2013 in Warsaw.