Covering the nursing shortage crisis and emerging trends in nursing education

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Home Health Care is Big Business in Florida

Gene Tischer, executive director of the Associated Home Health Industries of Florida, Inc., was recently quoted in the Daily Sun that “The demand for home care will far exceed the home caregiver resource supply. Whoever is able to hire and retain good home health care nurses will be successful.” Read more...

Monday, October 30, 2006

Schwarzenegger Commits $93 Million to Nursing Schools

Colleges are desperately trying to ease the nursing shortage by adding additional spots for qualified applicants and expanding nursing educational opportunities. Pasadena City College, for example, recently added 10 spots to its class, but it still averages more than 500 applications for its 60 available spots each fall and spring. Read more ...

Nursing Shortage Contributes to Increased Death Rates

The BBC News recently reported that scientists discovered mortality was 26% higher for the hospitals with the worst staffing levels compared with those with more nurses per patient. Read more ...


Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Critical Shortage of Nurse Educators

Sally Lundeen, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing was recently quoted in USA Today as saying "so we have ourselves a crisis nationally." What she is referring to is the bleak fact that U.S. nursing schools couldn't find enough teachers and were forced to turn away tens of thousands of qualified applicants in 2005. Read more ...

Friday, October 06, 2006

Why do nurses quit during the first year?

It's a good question with no real cut and dry answer. The most generically cited answer of "I don't know" or "It wasn't for me" doesn't provide much insight. Other reasons include poor working conditions, significant responsibilities, lengthy learning curve (1-2 years on the floor), and an unsupportive environment. Read more ...

Sunday, October 01, 2006

U.S. May Not Be Prepared (Health Personnel Wise) for another Disaster

It's the same dilemma all over the country – there is a major shortage of nurses. And in light of the past hurricanes like Katrina, Wilma and Rita, the number of emergency preparedness health personnel would suffer quite a blow.

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