Why is there a waiting list for nursing programs at colleges, but a nursing shortage?
July 30th, 2007 | by nursing |
♥HolidayHottie♥ asked:
I want to be a nurse very badly. I have all my classes done, and I applied to the nursing program. Now they tell me there is a waiting list. How can there be a nursing shortage if I can’t even get into the schools?
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I want to be a nurse very badly. I have all my classes done, and I applied to the nursing program. Now they tell me there is a waiting list. How can there be a nursing shortage if I can’t even get into the schools?
EZEQUIEL
8 Responses to “Why is there a waiting list for nursing programs at colleges, but a nursing shortage?”
By girlwhoknowsitstrue on Jul 31, 2007 | Reply
Because there are only facilities to process so many nurses at the college - only so many professors - and usually when you start with a class you graduate with the same class.
Besides, if they opened it up, then there would be an abundance of nurses, wages would fall, and then no one would want to be a nurse…
By NLuv on Aug 3, 2007 | Reply
Because nursing instructors are hard to find. The law only allows a certain number of students per instructor. Here in Texas it’s 10 students per instructor. And the instructors are required to have a masters degrees, which then the are only paid $41-43,000 a year. Why would someone with a masters degree in Nursing want to work for that little pay?
By Grrrr on Aug 3, 2007 | Reply
Because being employed as a staff nurse pays more than being employed as a nursing instructor. It’s one of those things you have to have a heart for, and be willing to give up the income. Also, a nurse can go home at the end of the day, while the instructor is still working in one capacity or the other.
By phillip w on Aug 5, 2007 | Reply
try some of the VOE TEC s they have nursing
classes.The problem is that they are limited by the need of TEACHERS. most schools are a two year
or more if you want to specialize.Rn is four years or more..CLASSES are kept at a size where all
ladies can learn.
MY Daughter waites a year toget in her LPN school. she went in to medical reserch for a
nother year. ,arried and had 3 children and waitted till they were in school. waited years to
get into collage part time now she’s working toward her RN.
By jellybeanchick on Aug 7, 2007 | Reply
There is a shortage because more and more people are aging and requiring nursing care, it is very hard for foreign nurses to get work visas ever since 9/11, and schools have a small capacity for nursing graduates.
The reason why schools don’t have enough room is that very few nurses want to teach, since it pays a lot less than actual nursing. The shortage of teachers means that they can only teach a small number of students. Every nursing program in my area has a waitlist or a lottery system.
I don’t believe that if more people graduated nursing school, wages would fall and no one would want to be a nurse. RIght now, the shortage of nurses is so severe that nurses work much longer hours than they should. If more people graduated from nursing school, they could work normal length shifts and we wouldn’t have to rely on foreign countries to provide nurses.
By kmax27 on Aug 10, 2007 | Reply
There is a shortage of nursing instructors, so the ones they DO have need to have smaller class sizes. Plus not all students pass their boards after graduation.
By lady g on Aug 11, 2007 | Reply
not considering having your degree in another country?in the philippines there are lots (i mean lots!) of good nursing schools to choose from.and the tution you can surely afford.just a suggestion…
By kam on Aug 11, 2007 | Reply
Your running into what most of the students that I am taking classes are experiencing. The reason- most of your instructors can earn more money working in the field. The schools are having a hard time getting instructors to come and teach, while the schools are also trying to keep the instructors that they have. With class sizes needing to remain controllable and the overflow of applications, the competition is fierce. You also have to look at the facilities that are available to hold the classes. No space = no additional classes.
It is like this in other programs as well. The available spots in the rad-tech and dental hygiene programs by me are far and few between. I will be applying this spring for a spot in the dental hygiene program. My grades are good and my test score were great, but I know that there is still that possibility that I will not get in.
We don’t have the waiting lists here anymore- you are in or you are not. If you don’t get accepted, you must reapply.
I have heard that if you transfer to a four year program at a college/university the competition is not as hard to get in, but then you are going for a BSN. From what I have been told there really isn’t much difference bewteen the RN vs. the BSN because the on the job experience is such a big factor. To some places the additional two years of work expierience means more than the bachelor’s degree.
If you don’t have a problem with a four year program, then I would check into a college program.
Good Luck.