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February 4, 2009, Canada: Nursing shortages make colleges get creative in training RNs:"Canada's nursing shortage has reached what many are calling critical proportions, with all levels of government, educational institutes and professional associations throwing money and time into creative solutions. According to Rachel Bard, CEO of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), colleges and institutes have responded to the issue. "They've increased the output of nursing programs from 4,833 graduates in 1999 to 9,447 in 2007. That's an increase of 95.5 per cent." http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090204.campusCOLLEGES2009nursing0204/BNStory/campus/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail Category: Nursing Newstories, Current Events in Nursing: http://www.nursefriendly.com/news/ ******************************************************
May 10, 2007, American Journal of Nursing (AJN), Study finds decline in nursing faculty primary barrier to nursing program expansion:"Study suggests fewer nurses pursuing higher degrees may hamper efforts to address nursing shortage
New York, NY (May 10, 2007) – A report published in the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN), based on the first study to examine educational mobility among nurses, found that nurses in North Carolina are not pursuing advanced degrees in sufficient number to meet the demands for nurses in faculty and advanced practice roles. The sample was comparable in demographic characteristics to the national pool of registered nurses as measured in the last National Nurses Sample Survey." ******************************************************
10/06/2006: Phillipines: Arroyo gives NBI till Monday to wrap up nursing test probe:"PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has given the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) until Monday to submit its report on its investigation the leak-tainted June 2006 nursing licensure examinations.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Friday the NBI report -- one of two requisites the Palace said it needs before deciding on whether or not a retake of the controversial nursing board exam is needed -- will be discussed in Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting." ******************************************************
August 20, 2006: Philippines: Nursing exam retake pushed:"Various groups are strongly urging the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Board of Nursing to conduct new licensure examinations in the wake of allegations that the last one in June was marred by cheating. They particularly want a retake of the two parts of the test that were allegedly leaked to examinees. Fely Marilyn Lorenzo, executive director of the University of the Philippines’ Institute of Health and Policy and Development (IHPD), said the results of tests 3 and 5 of the exams must be nullified." ******************************************************
Wed, July 5, 2006: Canada: Calgary: Attracting new grads, Salary and quality of life key to recruiting RNs:"Graduating from college is an exciting time, especially if you're a nurse. The nursing job market is wide open for new graduates with health regions across the nation hoping to grab the attention of these valuable, living resources. The Calgary Health Region is the fastest growing health region in Alberta -- reportedly with an annual growth rate of 26,000 people." ******************************************************
March 20, 2006: Australia: Boom in nursing faces new hurdle:"THE University of Tasmania's nursing degree is soaring in popularity but there are concerns hospitals cannot keep up with the influx of trainees. A record 290 students have enrolled in the first year of the University of Tasmania's Bachelor of Nursing degree this year, which is 70 more than the usual intake. Overall, the degree has 790 enrolled this year compared with 694 last year. The Australian Nursing Federation yesterday welcomed the surge in interest in nursing, but warned it would be difficult to cater for the extra undergraduates needing clinical placements in hospitals." ******************************************************
Thursday, February 16, 2006: Kentucky: Nursing shortage gets Rx from CU:"Many communities across the state - and across the nation - have experienced a shortage of qualified nurses in recent years. And while local hospital officials say they haven't faced the same problem, we may never have to face it now. Campbellsville University has taken steps to address the shortage of nurses before it becomes a crisis. CU is preparing to admit its first students to a two-year associate degree of nursing program that will begin in August." ******************************************************
February 16, 2006: Kentucky: A need for nurses: Recruiters making push to lure prospects into health care fields:"You know there's a shortage of health care professionals when the president and CEO of a major hospital takes the time to attend a health careers fair. But that's exactly what happened Wednesday when Harry Smith, head of Deaconess Hospital, came to Henderson Community College's annual fair in the campus Fine Arts Center." ******************************************************
Thursday, February 16, 2006: South Carolina: Good faculty costly to hire:"Two recent Island Packet stories dealt with the acute national, state and local nursing shortage and with the desire to add a bachelor's degree nursing program to the University of South Carolina Beaufort curriculum. In both stories, mention was made of the need for nursing faculty. That need is only going to increase. The median age for nursing faculty is climbing closer to retirement age (I know, since I retired six years ago). Advanced degree registered nurses are more apt to choose areas of clinical practice over teaching positions. Why? As stated in one of the stories, nurses with a master's degree or doctorate "can make upwards of $100,000 in clinical settings." ******************************************************
Mississippi: Nursing school crisis By Rachel Leifer:"Robin Strom said she would love to teach nursing one day - if it paid as well as working in a hospital. She plans to graduate in August with a nursing degree from William Carey College in Hattiesburg, opening the door for her to take a job that pays an average of $47,220 a year in Mississippi." ******************************************************
October 1, 2005: The National League For Nursing Names 2005-2008 Centers Of Excellence In Nursing Education™ Four Nursing Programs Cited for Extraordinary Accomplishments:"Schools of nursing whose faculty members are doing outstanding work that sets them apart from others have received the prestigious Centers of Excellence designation, it was announced today at the NLN's 2005 Education Summit. The NLN Centers of Excellence in Nursing Education™ program (COE) calls for schools to apply for a three-year designation based on their sustained demonstration of excellence in faculty development, nursing education research, or student learning and professional development. "The COE program was initiated in 2004 to publicly acknowledge nursing schools that distinguish themselves by outstanding achievement in the promotion of excellence in nursing education" said Dr. Ruth Corcoran, CEO of the National League for Nursing." ******************************************************
October 1, 2005: California: Grant to help ease nursing shortage:"A $1.1 million state grant to the College of the Desert should help alleviate the local nursing shortage.
The college plans to create services that help more students complete the nursing program in four semesters. Eighteen other community colleges statewide also received grants from a $30 million program aimed at addressing California's shortage of registered nurses.
It's a serious problem. The United States already is short almost 150,000 nurses. With retirements in the profession and the growing number of baby boomers who will need increased medical care in their retirement years, the nation soon may be short as many as 600,000 RNs. A four-fold increase in new nurses is needed locally through 2010, according to a report this spring from The Coalition to Address the Bedside Nursing Crisis in the Coachella Valley authored by local doctor Max Harry Weil." ******************************************************
Saturday, October 1, 2005: Vermont: Long-closed nursing school still lives for alumni:"Sometimes what disappeared decades ago resonates as strongly as ever. Take the Fanny Allen Hospital School of Nursing, which folded in 1955. Graduates, who on Friday marked the 50th anniversary of the school's closing, say their lives are still greatly shaped by what they learned all those years ago. The most important lesson from the school, graduates unanimously said at the reunion, was how to be kind to people, whether they are patients, family, friends or strangers." ******************************************************
Thu, Aug. 11, 2005: Indiana: Filling the nursing gap:"Help for nurses seeking master’s degrees cannot come soon enough,
according to results of a survey the Indiana Nursing Workforce Development Coalition released in January. “Faculty shortage
is certainly the biggest issue,” said Ernest Klein, executive director of the Indiana Nurses Association. Indiana statute
requires nursing faculty to have a master’s degree in nursing. Among the survey’s findings:
Forty-nine percent of schools reported faculty vacancies as the key reason for being unable to increase enrollment.
Faculty vacancies increased 10 percent from 2002-03 to 2003-04." ******************************************************
Wednesday, August 10, 2005: Australia: Opposition reveals nursing plan:"The NSW Opposition has announced plans to give nursing students more practical experience in hospitals. Under the plan, partnerships will be established with universities.
They will allow nurses to spend two days a week in local hospitals like Wauchope, Macksville and Kempsey and three days a week studying. Oxley MP Andrew Stoner says the plan will give students a more realistic idea of the job. ******************************************************
August 7, 2005: Cal State nursing program deemed 'impacted' by CSU officials:Cal State San Marcos will have the unusual opportunity to pick and choose which students are admitted to its new nursing program, based on their grades and other criteria. Nursing officials at the college received permission from Cal State officials in Long Beach last week to declare the nursing program ---- set to start in the 2006 fall semester ---- an "impacted" major. That designation will allow the college to rank applicants based on their grades in science classes and whether they have previous experience in health care." ******************************************************
April 19, 2005: Massachusetts: Nursing school enrollment dropping nationwide:"Despite efforts by the University of Massachusetts and the federal government, the shortage of nurses is worsening here and across the country and could be five times worse in 15 years.
Undergraduate enrollment in nursing on this campus doubled this academic year compared to last year, according to Eileen Breslin, dean and professor of the UMass School of Nursing. Beginning this year, a class of nurses is graduating every December and May.
"The fact of the matter is we are preparing more nurses now than in the history of our country at UMASS and across the United States," Breslin said." ******************************************************
18/04/2005: Africa: Beware 'fake' nursing colleges:"The department knew of at least five such colleges in Mthatha, Lusikisiki, East London, Zwelitsha and Engcobo. Kupelo said many of the students were desperate and unemployed, with their families at times resorting to selling livestock to pay fees. He said the fake colleges were not registered with the South African Nursing Council, and warned prospective students they would not be employed if the colleges were not registered and the courses offered accredited." ******************************************************
Sunday, April 17, 2005: California: Nursing shortage to get worse:"Dropout rates increase for student nurses. Aggravating California's critical nursing shortage, nearly a quarter of all students studying to be nurses in Los Angeles community colleges dropped out in 2003-04 more than 35 percent higher than the statewide average.
College officials say the drop-out rate is so high that it is becoming one of the most significant bottlenecks in an already-strained system that produces two-thirds of the state's nurses." ******************************************************
April 10, 2005: Phillipines: Abolish Nursing Board, says Pasig congressman:"Rep. Robert Jaworski Jr. of Pasig City on Sunday called for the abolition of the three-year-old Nursing Board owing to its reported prejudice against upstart nursing schools that were often denied their licenses to operate.
He filed House Bill 3706 seeking to repeal R.A. 9173, the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 creating the Board of Nursing, which was mandated to "assume the responsibility of protecting, improving and professionalizing the nursing vocation." ******************************************************
4/5/2005: Tennessee: Lack of Nursing School Training Space Leads to Shortage:"The country continues to face a critical nursing shortage even though more young people are applying to nursing school.
The Tennessee Hospital Association announced Tuesday that hundreds of nursing school applicants who could ease the shortage are turned away from programs because of a lack of classroom training space.
In Tennessee alone, 384 nursing instructors are needed to meet the nursing education needs." ******************************************************
Monday, April 4, 2005: Alaska: Nursing school mix-ups draw complaints:"Not long ago, the University of Alaska Anchorage was heavily recruiting students for its nursing program, and the response has been overwhelming. Now some students say that UAA's growing pains have thrown their lives off track. "Unorganized and inconsistent" -- that's the complaint from several UAA students who say they were unfairly denied seats in the 2006 nursing program at the university." ******************************************************
3 April 2005: Saudi Arabia: 300 Nursing Students Left in the Lurch:"More than 300 women became victims of an education scam when they discovered that their nursing diplomas were worthless in the job market.
The nursing students had graduated from an illegal medical institute, paying SR48,000 for the two-and-a-half-year course. But no health facility would accept their unrecognized diploma, Al-Watan newspaper reported." ****************************************************** ****************************************************** For Health Information you can use, Follow, Connect, Like us on (Most Invites Accepted): http://www.nursefriendly.com/social/: Twitter! http://www.nursefriendly.com/twitter Blogger: http://4nursing.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.nursefriendly.com/facebook Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nursefriendly Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurses In Business, http://nursingentrepreneurs.ning.com/ Posterous.com, http://nursefriendly.posterous.com StumbleUpon, http://www.nursefriendly.com/stumbleupon
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