Students with No Teachers

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students with no teachers

nursing school faculty shortages are forcing providers to find creative ways to train their prospective nurses.

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patricia starck, dean of the university of texas school of nursing at houston, has devised an unconventional solution..nursing faculty shortage: recruit retired physicians as classroom instructors..

Specializes in NP / USAFR Flight Nurse.
What about paying MSN and doctorate educated nurses a competitive wage. I would love to teach but can't take the pay cut.

Amen to that!

First of all, most nurses go into the field because they love pt care. Secondly, why would I want to work hard and get a Master's level education for the pay most of these schools are willing to dole out? We all know the difference in pay between an MSN-educator and an ARNP or CRNA. Paying nurse educators what they are worth would be a start!!

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Specializes in Critical care, tele, Medical-Surgical.

I think the academic "publish or perish" is not good for nursing.

Too many fine professors publish silly "studies".

Why must this be done?

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.
I think the academic "publish or perish" is not good for nursing.

Too many fine professors publish silly "studies".

Why must this be done?

Someone needs to do nursing research -- and hospitals rarely invest the resources necessary to get it done. Nursing research is deparately needed to expand and advance the nursing knowledge base -- the knowledge base upon which we should all be basing our practice. The people in academia do this type of work because they are the ones with the skills and the interest in doing that type of work.

If you are not happy with the quality of the nursing research being done, then get involved in the process and do quality work. The real question isn't "Why do academically minded people do academic work?" The real question is, "Why does the nursing profession set its standards so low?"

We need more research and sometimes, better quality research. That will only come as more people get involved.

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