| There are a lot of factors contributing nursing shortage. | | | | Many of them will enter retirement age by the end of |
| But the key reason why deficit of nurses continue to | | | | this decade. Many vacancies will again be created but |
| swell is because of lack of faculty and educators at | | | | only few are available to take their spots. |
| nursing schools. As much as nursing schools and | | | | The nursing shortage is really a serious problem. |
| universities wanted to increase their number of | | | | Hospitals employ the service of nursing agencies to |
| enrollees to cope up with the increasing demand of | | | | fill-in the vacant positions. These nurses are foreign |
| registered nurses, they are forced to refuse thousands | | | | born. They are very much qualified because they gone |
| of aspiring candidates due to lack of faculty. For | | | | through a lot of proficiency tests, aside from the |
| example, at Austin Peay University in Clarksville, there | | | | NCLEX exam. This may be the reason why many are |
| are about 200 students applying at nursing programs | | | | venturing into nursing agency business. |
| yearly. However, the school only has room for 50. | | | | Many thought that starting a nursing agency is quite |
| They can't accommodate all qualified applicants | | | | difficult. But the truth is starting a nursing agency is |
| because of lack of budget, insufficient clinical sites and | | | | very simple though it needs determination and hard |
| educators. | | | | work. There are nursing agency guides that sprung all |
| This problem is the major factor contributing nursing | | | | over the internet. These will give you complete |
| shortage. Not only Austin Peay University is | | | | knowledge on how to start, manage and market your |
| encountering this problem but nationwide. In addition to | | | | nursing agency. |
| this, the aging nursing workforce is of greater number. | | | | |