Small Faculty Salaries Play Big Factor in Nursing Shortage

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

http://news.nurse.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070926/CA09/309260012

Across the country, nursing schools are expanding and new ones are opening in a scramble to meet the demand for nurses. People on all sides of the issue agree building education capacity is one of the main ways to solve the nursing shortage. Yet many faculty positions are unfilled, and qualified students languish on waiting lists until someone is found to teach new classes....

Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

Thanks ... great article. One of the best on the topic I have read.

Yay UP is my school!!

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We have really good faculty so that just goes to show...you get what you pay for.

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