[G to The P]

Hey This is my first post, hopefully i'm in the right spot. I'v been interested in attending college and getting a degree in some field of nursing. I'v done research and it shows that Nursing is the #3 growing career in America. The Community College here in Morro Bay/Slo County in CA states that they are unable to take anymore nurses untill 2011. Is this true for other parts of The US? Is the demand for Nurses eventually going to be filled?

[crissrn27]

We also have a shortage of nursing instructors and schools, so probably not. I know the wait at the local community college is like two years, here. I got straight in back in '98. But we only graduated 27 of the 50 that started.

[deefromlv]

If you are willing to move to go to school there are still some places with programs without wait lists. Here in Southern Nevada there are private colleges like University of Southern Nevada and Touro University with no wait lists. Demand is very high in Nevada.

Dee

[sissyboo]

Yeah I think it's like that all over. They say there is more qualified applicants than qualified instructors to teach them. Schools in my area don't really do waiting lists. You get in or you don't--and you reapply next year and go through the admission process again. I guess it keeps money from application fees comming in!

[ann945n]

I was on a wait list 2 years, i was lucky it was that short and i got in!

[Tweety]

It's a nationwide problem, students who want to be nurses but not enough slots and long waiting lists, and near-impossible standards such as requiring a 4.0 in pre-reqs. (Back in the day there weren't even pre-reqs).

Most sources say the nursing shortage will last in the coming years as the baby boomers age and get sick, and as the huge number of baby boomer nurses retire from nursing. Although this may not be nation wide.

Check out this link: http://www.discovernursing.com/nursi...-waiting-lists

[Batman24]

18 month wait for an ADN program where I live. I am taking all my pre-nursing reqs and getting CNA certification (required for this school) while I wait.

[G to The P]

Thanks Tweety, Huge help I'll look into it.

[CheesyPeach]

one point to hone in on is that the majority of students that enter the program never graduate with a nursing degree. Our school alone has approximately 100+ students per semester enter the program, by the end of the first year more than 75% of the original group is gone. The remainder of the class is fill in from students that withdrew or are retaking the previous semester. The class got smaller and smaller as we drew closer to graduation. I am sure most schools are like this because as we all know...school is HARD!!! My school now has a limit to one withdrawal and one retake for the entire time in nursing school. It used to be unlmited. I remember hearing of a nursing senior taking the final semester 4 times before passing finally.

[SmilingBluEyes]

www.allnursingschools.com

another resource for you!

good luck. It will be worth the wait.