Boarding nurses is an option chosen by South Florida to help with nursing staffing shortages in facilities (Purnell et al., 2001) . Florida's West Coast and North Florida are assisted by the Nursing Shortage Consortium of South Florida with materials and information on effective strategies to help resolve problems (Purnell et al., 2001). The Nursing Shortage Consortium of South Florida has used numerous strategies to improve goals and activities to correct staffing shortages (Purnell et al., 2001). These strategies included closer partnerships with the school to increase interest in the nursing field from a young age, enriching the image of the nursing atmosphere to attract the educated individual to join the workforce, developing a supporting membership in the Consortium and using online tools to communicate, employ, and educate about upcoming issues (Purnell et al.,