The text describes the distribution of the nursing workforce in countries of the Region of the Americas and relates the number of human resources in nursing with maternal mortality rates. Authors: Authors: Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani, Maria Cristina Hoyos, Maynara Fernanda Carvalho Barreto, Katie Sives and Fernando Antonio Menezes da Silva. Published in: Pan American Journal of Public Health. (Spanish)