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The State of Nursing Education Capacity: 2007-2008

The State of Nursing Education Capacity: 2007-2008. National League for Nursing February 2010. The State of Nursing Education Capacity: 2007-2008. Nursing school enrollment growth is slowing Significant unmet demand for nursing education.

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The State of Nursing Education Capacity: 2007-2008

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  1. The State of Nursing Education Capacity: 2007-2008 National League for Nursing February 2010

  2. The State of Nursing Education Capacity: 2007-2008 • Nursing school enrollment growth is slowing • Significant unmet demand for nursing education. • Greatest shortage of seats is in prelicensure programs. • Faculty vacancies are a major challenge. • But filling faculty vacancies will have less impact on the capacity of prelicensure programs than on other program types, due to the scarcity of clinical placement settings.

  3. Key Statistics ● Prelicensure RN Programs ● 1983 to 2008

  4. US Recessions and Percentage of Enrollments in Basic RN Programs by Program Type: 1976 to 1994 and 2003 to 2008

  5. Percentage of Programs that are Highly Selectiveby Program Type, 2008

  6. Market Imperfections:Unfilled Slots Remain in Some Programs

  7. Percentage of Nursing Programs Reporting Unfilled Openings for Student Admissions by Program Type, 2007-2008

  8. Obstacles to ExpandingEducational Capacity

  9. Main Obstacle to Expanding Admissions to Basic RN Programs, Fall 2008

  10. Lack of Faculty is Main Obstacle to Expanding Admissions, Fall 2008

  11. Faculty Vacancies • More than 1,900 unfilled full-time faculty positions in 2007. • Vacancies affected more than one third of all schools of nursing • Full-time vacancies increased 23.5% between 2006 and 2007. • Vast majority (84%) of US nursing schools attempted to hire new faculty in 2007-2008. • Of those, over three quarters (79 percent) found recruitment “difficult.” • Almost one in three schools found it “very difficult.”

  12. Recap & Questions to Consider • Significant unmet demand for nursing education. • Greatest shortage of seats is in prelicensure programs. • Filling faculty vacancies will have less impact on the capacity of prelicensure programs than on other program types, due to the scarcity of clinical placement settings. Do these findings suggest new strategies? • Nursing school enrollment growth is slowing • Broader demographic trends will further reduce college admissions by 2017. How can we cultivate new sources of nurses?

  13. Public Policy ResearchNLN Department of Communications Kathy A. Kaufman, PhD Senior Research Scientist, Public Policy kkaufman@nln.org | Phone: 212-812-0326 Robert McCauley, MA Data Manager, Public Policy rmccauley@nln.org | Phone: 212-812-0316

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