Collegian
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 19-23, January 2009

Human resources in nursing education: A worldwide crisis

  • Kathleen M. Potempa, DNSc, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, School of Nursing, 400 North Ingalls, Suite 1320, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Richard W. Redman, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Gay Landstrom, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 10 December 2008; accepted 22 December 2008. published online 12 February 2009.

Summary 

The global shortage of nurses is escalating. A key contributing factor to the production of new nurses is the growing shortage of qualified faculty. This paper explores the forces influencing the global faculty shortage, including those that increase demand and those that limit the supply of nursing faculty. The authors discuss potential solutions to the shortage, placing particular emphasis on leveraging the strengths of the profession to accelerate the progression of nurses to graduate school, the enhancement of funding for graduate education, changing the paradigm of clinical education, and the expansion of the science base for practice.

Keywords: Nursing shortage, Faculty shortage, Clinical education model, Graduate education funding

 

PII: S1322-7696(08)00072-3

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2008.12.003

Collegian
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 19-23, January 2009

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