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Growing nurse shortage leads to higher pay, demands experience

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, March 26, 2004

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Growing nurse shortage leads to higher pay, demands experience
According to The Seattle Times, the growing nursing shortage has made nursing school more appealing to students. However, despite many schools observing a jump in applicants, they still remain unable to produce enough graduates to make up for the deficit. In lieu of this, approximately 50 U.S. schools have created direct-entry programs, which provide an intensive nursing education for people with non-nursing-related college degrees. While education and training are effective tools, they don't produce the same benefits as on-the-job experience. The experienced nursing pool is smaller than it used to be, according to officials at Harborview Medical Center in Washington. As Seattle anticipates the shortage to impact areas where experience is crucial, a citywide hospital consortium trains nurses to work in special units, such as emergency departments, operating rooms, and critical-care units. The training sessions are offered up to three times a year, which is more frequently than they used to occur.

Source: 2004 The Seattle Times

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