Nursing Shortage Looms
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPThe nursing shortage is not new to the nation’s health care industry. We’ve seen several nursing shortages since World War II.
But even with a recent increase in nurses entering the work force, estimates for the next shortfall are significant.
Peter Buerhaus, professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University, wrote in a recent issue of the online medical [...]
$3 Million in Grants Help End the Nursing Shortage
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPOn August 5th, 2010 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that they awarded just over $3 million through 16 grants to support health care nursing workforce training programs at five Washington state universities. Grants were issued to the University of Washington, Washington State University, Gonzaga University, Seattle University, and [...]
What Keeps New Nurses From Quitting?
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPWith nearly 1 in 5 nurse grads in the U.S. leaving their first nursing jobs, the Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing, Portland, Oregon sought ways to retain new nurses.
The Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education, created to establish partnerships between schools and hospitals, created a curriculum that prepares new grads for the workplace [...]
Military To Get Online BSN Degrees
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPIn response to the shortage of nurses in Texas and across the nation, the dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, received $635,187 to offer an eLine Military program (ELM) for Texas residents serving in the military or veterans with prior medical experience.
ELM will be available entirely online to provide a full curriculum [...]
Can ADNs Perform on Par with BSNs?
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPIn view nursing shortage, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York embarked on an initiative to determine whether associate degree nursing graduates, through an intensive internship program, can perform on par with baccalaureate nursing graduates.
ADN interns were compared with BSN interns on retention in the internship, clinical thinking, assessment skills, productivity, [...]