by
Tyler Wenzel, Marketing Coordinator | March 31, 2006
A good nurse is hard find
and more often today,
finding any nurse is difficult
Each year, thousands of qualified nursing school applicants are being turned away due to shortages of teaching faculty. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), last year alone, 32,617 qualified students were denied from entry level nursing programs due to these shortages in teaching staff.
A survey by the AACN showed that more than 75 percent of the schools reviewed said that the shortage of faculty was the primary barrier to increasing enrollment. See a related story about the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in the
Career Corner.
The lack of people receiving nursing degrees is causing is a dangerous health risk to patients across the nation. Without adequate nursing care, the risk of patients suffering and dying greatly increases.
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The only way to eliminate this problem is to establish an increase in funding for nursing facilities. On February 15, 2006 the American Association of Colleges of Nursing announced their support for the continuation of federal funding for nursing education, which was part of President Bush's FY 2007 budget proposal. Although Bush made decisions to cut several other programs that prepare health professionals, the AACN is happy to see that the President is calling for investments in nursing education.
Although the AACN is pleased that nursing funding will be maintained, they are still worried that the nursing faculty loan program may not be adequately funded. This program was created to decrease shortages of nurse educators needed to develop capacity for programs to train new nurses. However, many qualified students are still being turned away from entry level nursing programs.
By increasing the funding for nurse educators nationwide, Congress help to allow nursing schools enroll more students and graduate more nurses. But with the presidents proposed cuts for many professional healthcare programs, this will make it hard to provide care to vulnerable patients in need.
For more information visit the American Association of Colleges of Nursing website at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/
