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In my MSN thesis in 2013, I examined how the shortage of nursing faculty is directly impacting the nursing profession by limiting the number of students nursing programs can admit. This faculty shortage creates a bottleneck in training new nurses, further intensifying the broader nursing shortage. It is hard to believe that 11 years later there has been little, if any, improvement in increasing the quantity of nursing faculty. https://lnkd.in/gTdXcNWF

The nursing shortage in schools is becoming a critical issue, and recent reports suggest it may get even worse by September. We're at a point where we need to take action. Investing in nursing education, supporting nurse educators, and finding innovative solutions to expand training capacity are essential steps. If we don't address this now, the shortage will only deepen, impacting patient care across the board. #Health #Healthcare #Nursing

Many universities in the United States have launched fast-track nursing programs in which nursing students will be "ready" to tackle the nursing field in just 12 months. Many see this approach as a "win-win," but I have some mixed opinions on this. Traditional education programs are two to four years of coursework and training before nurses are released into their professional careers. One year is inadequate to prepare these individuals for the rigorous nursing field. In addition, individuals do not have to have a background in healthcare but must have a bachelor's degree. At the same time, I see the mission: to get more nurses in the field in shorter amounts of time. But is one year enough? #NurseShortage #HigherEducation #NurseEducation

These 24 nursing school tips can help nursing students succeed in their programs. The tips can apply to other school programs as well as help current nurses manage big workloads. It is important to have tools that help us along our journeys. https://lnkd.in/g5CQb_sF

#Nurse and #nursingfaculty shortages are nothing new. But changes are afoot in how nursing schools attract and nurture nurses interested in teaching and quality improvement roles.   At UVA School of Nursing, a growing number of working nurses are adding teaching to their jobs, “paying it forward” to the next generation of nurses. And at UVA Health, new job titles like Clinical Nurse Leaders (that pay upwards of $140K a year) are giving nurses a chance to lead quality improvements that make life better for patients AND staff.   Leaders like Dean Marianne Baernholdt have been speaking to legislators at the state and federal level to share their vision, and working closely with nurse leaders at UVA Health, including Virginia Nurses Association president Kathy Baker, Karin Skeen, Mary Coffey, and many others – with more changes on the horizon. LISTEN 🎧 📻 🩺 - https://lnkd.in/exCfBFdC #clinicalnurseleader #nurseteacher #nursingshortage #nursingfacultyshortage

There’s a looming nurse shortage in the U.S., reports Matt Hollingsworth in KevinMD. Some one million nurses are at least 50 years of age, 60 percent of nurses are over age 40, and over 20 percent of nurses plan to retire within the next five years. “Even for those who want to enter the nursing profession, there aren’t enough positions for nursing students at American universities to accommodate qualified applicants.” Hollingsworth proposes three actions that can be taken to both stem the tide of nurse turnover and to attract more young people to the profession. https://ow.ly/MQ9a50Tkj0O #nurses #nursing #healthcare #aging #healthcaresystem #eldercare #seniorcare

NURSING SHORTAGE: A Controversial Statement? I am going to say something that may seem counterintuitive and maybe even ridiculous, to some. Nursing schools are one of the culprits perpetuating the nursing shortage. How is that? Years ago, to enter an advanced practice nursing program, 2 years of critical care experience was required to apply. Then, this requirement changed…suddenly one could graduate from nursing school and the next semester, start a Nurse Practitioner program, without ever practicing a day at the bedside. I know this to be true, because I know nurses that did it. As for CRNA programs, that requirement was reduced to one year of critical care experience before STARTING the program (so they can apply before having been a nurse for a year). This takes nurses away from the bedside before they really even know what they truly enjoy about nursing and before they have gained all of the important knowledge and experience that a nurse gains in those first few years of practice. This also causes immense strain on the hospitals training them, both financially and operationally. Obviously, the nursing schools do this for what reason…the more students they admit, the more money they bring in. No one can blame them for that. However, shouldn’t APP programs be more selective? Shouldn’t it be more important to get the very best and well-prepared nurses to become an APP? I certainly think so. Our profession would benefit by softening the nursing shortage and the APP pool would not be watered down with candidates that likely aren’t prepared for such roles. #nursing #nursingshortage #nurses #nurselife

There’s a looming nurse shortage in the U.S., reports Matt Hollingsworth in KevinMD. Some one million nurses are at least 50 years of age, 60 percent of nurses are over age 40, and over 20 percent of nurses plan to retire within the next five years. “Even for those who want to enter the nursing profession, there aren’t enough positions for nursing students at American universities to accommodate qualified applicants.” Hollingsworth proposes three actions that can be taken to both stem the tide of nurse turnover and to attract more young people to the profession. https://ow.ly/MQ9a50Tkj0O #nurses #nursing #healthcare #aging #healthcaresystem #eldercare #seniorcare

This study offers two suggestions for nursing education - 1. educators should be self-aware; 2. the educator’s reflections on their own experiences in end-of-life nursing should be emphasised. #nursing #education #EndofLifeCare   https://lnkd.in/gpRNHZ4y

An interesting article with insight into the "impending" nurse shortage. Would love to hear your thoughts. "Industry leaders have cautioned about nursing shortages since the 1990s, but the deficit’s direct correlation to a shortage of nurse educators often receives insufficient attention. A deeper dive into the nursing shortage shows a lack of nursing school faculty is compounding the problem, with fewer applicants being admitted due to fewer qualified teachers."