Most NJBIZ readers are likely aware that the state's health care system has been plagued by continuing shortage of nursing professionals. Health care executives and other stakeholders are constantly exploring new ways to alleviate the problem. Judy Schmidt knows the problem inside and out. Schmidt is the CEO of the New Jersey State Nurses Association, a post she has held since 2015. 

In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Schmidt discusses the roots of the shortage, how technology can ease the problem and what the Legislature could and should be doing to help.