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Enrollment in nursing degree programs in some areas of the country has been higher than what colleges and universities can accommodate. The problem isn't that the institutions aren't large enough. The problem is that there aren't enough nurse educators to teach the courses, and a nurse faculty shortage affects a nursing shortage.
The nurse educator shortage is why Mountain State University in Florida established a new masters degree in administration and education. Courses begin October 9. “The ongoing nursing shortage has received a lot of attention in the media,” Mountain State University Orlando Executive Director Randy White was quoted as saying in the Orlando Business Journal. . . “what’s not often mentioned is the underlying shortage of nurse educators.” This leaves many students left wondering about their distance nursing degree.
The nurse educator shortage isn't exclusive to Florida. Nearly 1,400 budgeted, unfilled full-time nursing faculty positions throughout the country were unfilled as of a 2006 report from the National League of Nursing and the Carnegie Foundation Preparation for the Professions Program. As nurse educators from the baby boom generation age and retire, the vacancy rate is anticipated to increase, the report noted. Florida itself is experiencing the effects of a nursing turnover, according to a recent Florida Center for Nursing study: A gain of more than 27,000 registered nurses over the past two years, after workforce losses, resulted in an actual gain of about 11,000.
The very baby boomers who are retiring are a part of the generation contributing to an anticipated demand for registered nurses. According to the American Association for Colleges of Nursing, nursing schools must produce about 90 percent more graduates as a means of meeting expected aging baby boomer needs. Technological advances in patient care and an increase in preventative care also are to contribute to a need for registered nurses, the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes.
Students interested in becoming nurse educators might find that online degree and certificate programs allow them to continue their education without interrupting their current employment. Western Governors University offers an online degree program known as an “RN to MSN,” through which registered nurses with associate degrees or diplomas in nursing can earn an online degree in nursing education at the masters level. Advanced online degree and certificate programs from Walden University and Capella University, on the other hand, are for registered nurses who already hold masters degrees, according to their websites. This allows students to leverage their time already spent on distance learning online degree for more gain.
Walden University's online nursing education certificate program is designed to provide registered nurses with masters degrees the opportunities to advance their careers or add another element to their degrees, its website suggests. Capella University's online degree in education with a nursing education specialization is at the doctoral level, and is designed to prepare master's-level nurses to meet the unmet and growing need for nurse educators and advance the field of nursing through doctoral research, its website shows. Online colleges and universities, like their bricks and mortar counterparts, also offer scholarships, fellowships and other forms of financial aid.
Arizona State University doctoral degree candidate Carolyn Hickman, on the other hand, in August was named among several nationwide students to receive an $18,000 Future Minority Nurse Faculty Scholarship that's paid for by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing Future and administered by the American Association for Colleges for Nursing, an association announcement noted. Nurse educators in 2005-2006 earned an average $55,499 salary along with $5,453 in additional wages, according to the National League for Nursing-Carnegie Foundation survey. The Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service website shows that this agency provides another financial incentive: The ability to receive as much as $20,000 a year toward the principal and interest on outstanding educational loans. As part of the Faculty Loan Repayment Program, degree-trained health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds work as nurse educators at accredited health professions colleges or universities for a minimum of two years, receiving the principal and interest payments for each year that they serve in that capacity, the website shows.
There are untapped resources of talent for nurse educators, according to the National League for Nursing-Carnegie Foundation study. The overwhelming majority of nurse educators, the study noted, are women, and only 16 percent of nurse educators are minorities. These underrepresented populations and others can, as a nurse educator, help train many registered nurses through online university degree and, as a result, help fill the anticipated health care needs of an even greater number of people.
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