Shane_in_Arizona

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1. contract change mid year

   Shane_in_Arizona replied to vickynurse's topic in Educators

   Does your school have an established policy on faculty load and how does your teaching load compare? What teaching load do others in your department have as their normal load? Depending upon the state you are in, union conditions, etc. your employer ...

2. Nursing educators- salaries

   Shane_in_Arizona replied to ginat113's topic in Educators

   As you've seen, salaries vary widely by geographic region, and probably by concentration of qualified msn-prepared faculty as well. Ironically, you may find higher salaries in some of the more rural areas where it is more difficult to find nurses wh...

3. Real scoop on job market

   Shane_in_Arizona replied to JaneyW's topic in Educators

   Hi Janey, There absolutely are jobs out there and more will be available each year. A survey done by the AACN in 2004 of over 700 nursing schools found that they had an average of 2.9 faculty vacancies per school. If you take some liberty with the s...

4. Nursing Faculty Shortage

   Shane_in_Arizona replied to Shane_in_Arizona's topic in Educators

   Our school has a partnership with the local hospital, the main employer of our graduating nurses. They fund two of our nursing faculty salaries which allowed us to expand the program. Additionally, they provide a stipend which makes the salaries mo...

5. Nursing Faculty Shortage

   Shane_in_Arizona posted a topic in Educators

   I am interested in finding out about any creative ways your school/organization is dealing with the shortage of nursing faculty. Parterships with health care organizations, grants, loan forgiveness programs, others?