Nursing Careers Blog

Mississippi is short some 2100 nurses in our hospitals. One reason for that is a shortage of faculty to teach nursing students. Nurses are once again calling on state lawmakers to ease the crisis.

Around 1500 nurses and nursing students gathered in Jackson today to get politically involved in their profession. They’re asking state lawmakers to take action to ease the state’s critical shortage of nurses.

21 nursing students of Stanley College suspendedHindu, India - 6 hours agoAfter the government closed nursing schools in other places of the State, many of them were shifted to the schools run by the three medical colleges in the …

Nurses are once again calling on state lawmakers to ease the crisis of not enough faculty to teach nursing students.

Nurses Rally for Faculty RaisesWTOK, MS - 4 hours agoFaculty at the state's six nursing schools received $6000 pay raises in 2006. The Mississippi Nursing Association says the raise is working to keep some …Nurses Call For Faculty Raises WLBT-TVNurses Press Lawmakers to Deal with Shortages WLBT-TVall 3 news articles

There are nearly 120,000 open nursing positions nationwide. E ducators say a part of that problem begins in the classroom. A new program could entice nursing students to become nursing professors.

THE House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a proposed measure declaring torture a crime.

Sison: Criminalizing tortureSun.Star, Philippines - 1 hour agoOne of the major complaints of students is regarding the high fees collected by nursing schools when they include unnecessary requirements in the curriculum …

A new nursing college is set to open in Columbus, but local schools say additional classroom space won’t erase a national nursing shortage. They point to too few teachers and increasing competition for clinical space at hospitals, nursing homes and centers where students learn on the job.

Howard to apply her experiencesAustin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - 10 hours ago"But there's not enough slots in nursing schools." The problem is a shortage of nursing faculty because teachers make less than they can in the nursing …