Nursing shortage

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Right here in my brand new textbook, copyright 2015, chapter 1, page 9, "The United States continues to face a nursing shortage."

SMH

Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

OOPS - forgot the quote - see below

Exactly...the hospitals spin that there is a nursing shortage but have yet to turn away the first patient because of it. It's the nurses that bear the burden of any "nursing shortage" by stepping up to the plate and doing more with less.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
There is a nursing shortage......but no one wants to hire the required numbers. Of course nursing educators cannot speak the truth because enrollment would drop.
Exactly...the hospitals spin that there is a nursing shortage but have yet to turn away the first patient because of it. It's the nurses that bear the burden of any "nursing shortage" by stepping up to the plate and doing more with less.
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Seems odd to me that a textbook would even mention something that (a) is so time-sensitive, and (b) is so region/state-sensitive.

They have to give lip service to the myth that they themselves perpetuate in order to get students to flock to their programs.

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

Northwest Indiana

Hiring on the Planet Saturn? Not very helpful for most nurses!
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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

As an instructor it bothered me tremendously that publishers would put out a new edition every year or so. Sometimes there was hardly any difference between the old and new editions, except chapter numbers might be shuffled. I didn't have any objection to students using old editions when content was similar. I expected them to find the chapters that covered the topics discussed, rather than me doing that for them, if they chose to use the old editions, however.

There are lots of places where a student can buy used textbooks, for quite a bit less than a new one. I say go for it.

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The practice of creating new editions every one to three years, is for the financial benefit of the publishers and the authors. It creates additional financial hardship for students and is inconvenient for faculty. The faculty spend added time updating the syllabus to reflect the changes in the chapter and page numbers. Students who purchase used textbooks, spend added time matching the old textbook to the syllabus.

IMO, when nurse professors require students to purchase textbooks they personally authored, they should disclose how much they make in royalties from each new edtion textbook that is sold.

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Right here in my brand new textbook, copyright 2015, chapter 1, page 9, "The United States continues to face a nursing shortage."

SMH

Just another example of how woefully out-of-touch with reality the Ivory Tower of nursing is.

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Specializes in ICU.

My employer is always hiring, but it is located near an army base, and not much else. People come here, work for a year to get experience and then leave. The turnover is huge on the med-surg floors. It is not quite as bad in the ICU where I work, but each internship hires about 15 people, but almost all of the ICU nurses are going to school for either FNP, CRNA or DNP.

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Specializes in Urgent Care, Oncology.

Come to Florida. I work for the largest hospital system in Central Florida. Yes, I was a new grad when I got my job not too long ago... but there is plenty to pick from whatever your level of expertise is.

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Well, the authors of nursing text books obviously have a vested interest in keeping the "nursing shortage" myth going for as long as they can.....

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The practice of creating new editions every one to three years, is for the financial benefit of the publishers and the authors. It creates additional financial hardship for students and is inconvenient for faculty. The faculty spend added time updating the syllabus to reflect the changes in the chapter and page numbers. Students who purchase used textbooks, spend added time matching the old textbook to the syllabus.

IMO, when nurse professors require students to purchase textbooks they personally authored, they should disclose how much they make in royalties from each new edtion textbook that is sold.

You're just another anti-intellectual....

I'm sure the fundamentals of nursing have changed enough since 2014 to justify a $375 new edition being mandatory to ensure best practice.

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I wonder which state has the biggest shortage. Any ideas?

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