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Yes, it's competitive most places and becoming more so.
There are multiple reasons for not opening more spots. First, you have to have someone to teach those additional students. Not just classroom (where ratios could be higher) but also clinical instructors. People don't want to teach nursing because it pays less than working other places. There also is a need for areas to have clinicals. Some floors aren't suitable for students, aren't friendly for students, or are only suitable for higher level students.
For a true insider view of the faculty nursing crisis, see my post:
https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39602
PS. Forgive me for continuing to beat this "dead horse"--I am very irked about this situation.
I will also continue to give updates of the cc faculty-shortage situation in NC as events (good or bad) occur.
There are no instructors - major reason for this problem. I'm an RN (age 45) finishing an MSN (the minimum req to teach). There are fewer and fewer older (yucky word) nurses willing to teach. I don't plan to, because I would take a huge pay cut, right at the time I need to plan for retirement. Pay the instructors more and you would have the teachers!
bob007cat
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I live in tupelo ms and attend icc we had 600 applications and they were only supposed to accept aroud 60 students. Is it this competitive every where? If there is a shortage of nurses than why not have more spaces available?