ENA Emergency Nurses Association - Nursing Issues

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SCHOOLS OF NURSING

Innovations and considerations related to nursing education.

"Faculty Shortages in Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs: Scope of the Problem and Strategies for Expanding the Supply"
(2003) AACN White Paper

"Doctoring Up the Nursing Profession: Several factors are Contributing to the National Nursing Shortage, But Initiatives, Perceptions and College Programs can Nurture Industry's Growth"
(2004) Black Issues in Higher Education
Recruitment and retention strategies and other issues of importance to te recruitment of African-American students into nursing programs.

"Nurse Shortage Affects Training"
(2005) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A �clinical advancement� program that offers nurses who want to continue doing bedside care opportunities for promotions and pay raises that at one time went largely to nurses who took on administrative roles. Nurses choosing the advancement track must seek additional training, but their salaries can go as high as $80,000 annually

"Recommendations of the AFT Nurse Faculty Shortage Task Force"
(2005) American Federation of Teachers
To address nurse faculty shortage issues in the nation�s nursing schools, a task force of nursing school faculty and front-line nurses was convened by the American Federation of Teacher�s Healthcare and Higher Education divisions.

"State Public Health Director Talks About Great Opportunities. Plan Increases Nursing Educators, Provides Financial Help for Nursing Students and Improves Working Conditions"
(2006) News Release
Gov. Blagojevich�s (IL) nursing shortage plan will increase the number of faculty available to train nurses, make it more affordable for nursing students to attend school, and improve working conditions for nurses by creating the new Illinois State Nursing Center.

"Who Will Teach the Nurses? The Shortage of Nursing Faculty is a Growing Problem That Will Affect Us All"
(2006) Academey
Teaching future nurses is incredibly satisfying. The opportunity to educate and influence future health care practitioners (those who will care for us as we age) is a privilege. In the end, however, the financial reward for leaving the clinical setting to embrace the academic life must be adequate.

Mentoring of Nurse Faculty
(2006) NLN

Transforming Nursing Education
(2005) NLN