The well-respected newspaper “Spiegel online” reported, the German industrial union VER.DI said, that alone German hospitals are missing around 80.000 Nurses.
For more informations see here (German only): http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/pflege-krankenhaeuser-muessten-stellen-um-22-prozent-aufstocken-a-1213558.html