Covering the nursing shortage crisis and emerging trends in nursing education

I recently signed up to receive email alerts from Yahoo! for the phrase "nursing shortage". Surprisingly I have been slammed with news headlines published daily regarding this crisis and how much it's costing health care facilities to recruit qualified nurses and to retain their current nursing staff.

Today's headline from WLBT.com caught my attention:

Mississippi's Nurses Association is pushing legislation to help deal with the state's nursing shortage. Members say one problem is retaining teachers at the state's six nursing schools.

The organization supports a House bill giving nursing faculty $12,000 in incentives over the next three years.

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This is an ideal time for registered nurses to start continuing education to become healthcare educators. Take a chance to request 100% tuition reimbursement from your employer -- many of them are paying for nurses to earn their degrees online as incentive for employee retention.

University of Phoenix is proving to be one of the most popular nursing schools offering RN to MSN and Nurse Educator degrees online.