Nursing Shortage Due to Lack of Faculty
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) conducted a survey that found that 80,407 qualified applicants were denied spots in the nation’s nursing schools. The reason? The survey cited that it is due to difficulty in obtaining qualified faculty members. Faculty salaries are much lower than those in clinical nursing practice and, therefore, many nursing schools are just unable to attract qualified faculty. The faculty shortage greatly contributes to the shortage of nurses for the simple […]
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