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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
nursing shortage
As we all know getting into nursing school is very competitive. Most schools, even community college have a wait list just to get in. The fact of the matter is that there are way to many applicants than there are slots for the nursing programs. For a career that is going to be experiencing a shortage you would think that there would be more school offering a nursing program. The U.S. Dept of Labor estimates that in the next 10 years there will be nearly 600,000 new nursing jobs across the Untied States. One of the problems to the nursing shortages is most nurses go into the clinical practice of the occupation rather than the teaching opportunity. As small amount of nurses are being trained because there are not enough instructors, training facilities and willing locations to train student nurses. We should appreciate those nurses who decide to teach and train us, and consider going into the teaching realm once we have received our licensce.
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I can speak on this issue first hand - especially since the article focuses on Long Beach schools (my hometown) CSULB and Long Beach City College. The nursing shortage impacted me as far back as 2001 when I first tried getting my prerequisites done. It took me 4 years just trying to get into an anatomy class! then I realized that I needed to get OUT of California in order to become a nurse. So I moved to Vegas in 2005. I figure the sacrifice would be worth it! ;)
But yea, continuing on... the wait to get into the program is ridiculous in California, and that experience alone is the reason why I plan to do my part as far as educating nurses is concerned. I'm not exactly sure if I'll be an instructor, but I hope to contribute to the issue in one way or another..
But in the meantimme, I'll take it one day at a time and try to pass my classes first before I start worrying about anything else! lol
I feel very fortunate to have gotten into a nursing program. I know how difficult it is just to try and get in due to the competitiveness.
The wait in California is much worse than it is over here in Nevada.
It is a privilege to be a part of the Touro nursing program and to see how close our class has gotten, not just in the classroom but also out of the classroom.
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