Human Resource Management and the Nursing Shortage

Please help me get started on the following assignments.

Assignment # 1.
Human Resource Management and the Nursing Shortage

With an existing national nursing shortage (also expected to climb), successful recruitment and retaining of nurses is very important for healthcare organizations. Explain how each of the HRM functions (planning, recruiting, selecting, training, utilizing, and rewarding) should be used for the purpose of appropriate nurse staffing from the perspective of a nurse manager.

Assignment # 2.
HRM activities involve the acquisition and utilization of human resources: Planning, Recruiting, Selecting, Training and Development, Utilizing and Rewarding.

a. Which one (choose only one) of the above is best implemented in your organization (i.e. military) and why?
b. Which one (choose only one) of the above is lacking? What would your suggestions for improvements be?