Nursing is the second fastest growing occupation in the US according to the Department of Labor. Applications to nursing programs are up but the country cannot train all those interested in …  from America ’s nursing schools. That’s because there is a shortage of faculty. 50 percent of nurse faculty is expected to retire within …

…  have been shortages of nurses in this country since the 1960’s but they have always resolved themselves fairly quickly. This nursing shortage, which began in 1998, not only persists but is expected to get …  Media campaigns were launched to extol the attractions of nursing. By 2003 185 thousand registered nurses entered this nation’s hospital …

…  third type of shortage may occur where there is a lack of general agreement or awareness that nursing is even needed to care for a given patient population. Once again, the …  some decision-makers that an adequate quantity of skilled nursing is needed. As noted above, in many facilities tasks formerly …

…  second type of shortage may occur where there is a lack or perceived lack of funds to finance nursing positions that are generally understood to be needed. For instance, a …  States since the 1990’s. It may be described as more of a “nursing” shortage, in the sense that nurses may be available and willing to …

…  However, in recent years there has been a vast shortage of nurses in the healthcare industry. In fact, this shortage is …  72 percent of hospital supervisors reported a nursing shortage at their facilities in October 2004. A previous report also …  in the year 2000, approximately 30 states experienced a nursing shortage. Unfortunately, these numbers are only increasing. One …

…  profession is facing a unique shortage of nursing faculty. Schools of Nursing have always had a shortage of doctorally prepared nursing faculty. The …

…  light of heightened news coverage of limited capacity for nursing students at the state universities, Grand Canyon University (GCU) wants …  is already facing a public health crisis with our alarming shortage of registered nurses. I can’t believe nursing being put on the block …

…  strategic plan. Dr Chang said while there is a shortage of nursing and medical staff throughout the country, there has been efforts to …

…  training of Dominican nurses in response to the serious nursing shortage of the last several years. Seven persons/organisations will be …

…  they do not know what to do with, why not reduce the nursing shortage and pay for students to be educated as nurses, or to train for other …