Shortages are often in poor areas, rural areas or smaller cities/towns which results in less pay. Shortages can probably also be found in specialized medicine. Nurses are encroaching on more general areas such as primary care, and there has been a definite upswing in the amount of people in nursing schools.

Parents should probably shift from just saying their child is going to be a doctor or a lawyer, and focus on what kind of doctor or lawyer their child is going to be, as that could influence their salary and quality of life many times over.