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Nursing Faculty Shortage: Policy Solutions. Linda K. Young PhD, RN, CNE, CFLE Dean and Professor College of Nursing and Health Sciences University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. 2018 ANEW Legislative Breakfast.
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NursingFaculty Shortage: Policy Solutions Linda K. Young PhD, RN, CNE, CFLE Dean and Professor College of Nursing and Health SciencesUniversity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2018 ANEW Legislative Breakfast
What isthe concern? Wisconsin Nursing Supply Will Not Meet Demand Wisconsin Center for Nursing, Inc. (2017). The Nursing workforce: Achieving impact with data. Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vly3OmXiW5bT6C2rWl3b_1NFkKLIhpz0/view
Estimated Number of Nursing Graduates Needed Annually to Meet Projected Demand Wisconsin schools graduate slightly over 3,000 nurses a year. Wisconsin Center for Nursing http://www.wisconsincenterfornursing.org/education.html Wisconsin Center for Nursing, Inc. (2016). Wisconsin registered nurse supply and demand forecasting update: 2014-2040. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/187PY_kX-3ExeAkako1e-mpfzq2LPrbzE/view
Graduate Degrees Held in Nursing Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) 7,873 10.3% Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) or DSN/ND 439 0.5% PhD in Nursing 251 0.3% Wisconsin Center for Nursing. (2016). Wisconsin 2016 RN Workforce Survey. (2016). Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1igNiG24ZRBfiCw5lYPRSuK9ljqZnED6v/view
Who are the Nursing Faculty in Wisconsin ? Male 3.6% Female 96.4% 5.9% belong to racial/ethnic minority Wisconsin Center for Nursing, Inc. (2017). The Nursing workforce: Achieving impact with data. Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vly3OmXiW5bT6C2rWl3b_1NFkKLIhpz0/view 825 Nurse Educators
Nursing Faculty: Highest Nursing Degree Earned and Age ADN 10% BSN 16.1% MSN 57% Doctorate 17% Mean age to receive a PhD is = 43.5 years Mean age of a baccalaureate degree = 25.1 years Wisconsin Center for Nursing, Inc. (2017). The Nursing workforce: Achieving impact with data. Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vly3OmXiW5bT6C2rWl3b_1NFkKLIhpz0/view
46% of RNs working in nursing education programs are 55 or older Wisconsin Center for Nursing. (2016). Wisconsin 2016 RN Workforce Survey. (2016). Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1igNiG24ZRBfiCw5lYPRSuK9ljqZnED6v/view
Nursing Faculty: Intent to Leave Current Employment • 59% are plan leave current employment within 9 years Wisconsin Center for Nursing, Inc. (2017). The Nursing workforce: Achieving impact with data. Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vly3OmXiW5bT6C2rWl3b_1NFkKLIhpz0/view
Current Vacant Positions for Full- and Part-time Faculty Help Wanted 80Educators 18 DNP/PhD 32 Full-time Masters 30 Part-time Masters As reported in a recent ANEW survey of Wisconsin nursing programs.
Anticipated Vacancies forFull- and Part-time Faculty 495Educators plan on leaving in 7 Years 17 Wisconsin Center for Nursing, Inc. (2017). The Nursing workforce: Achieving impact with data. Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vly3OmXiW5bT6C2rWl3b_1NFkKLIhpz0/view
National Vacant Faculty Positions 1,567 • faculty vacancies 93% • are faculty positions require or prefer a doctoral degree American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2017). Nursing Faculty Shortage. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Retrieved from http://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/Nursing-Faculty-Shortage
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) APRN as Faculty 90% hold a Masters or Higher 5056 in WI • Nurse practitioner • Clinical nurse specialists • Certified nurse midwife • Certified registered nurse anesthetists • Advanced practice nurse prescribers only 136 hold faculty positions Wisconsin Center for Nursing. (2016). Wisconsin 2016 RN Workforce Survey. (2016). Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1igNiG24ZRBfiCw5lYPRSuK9ljqZnED6v/view
Wisconsin Median Wages for Nursing Positionsrequiring a Masters or Doctoral Degree Nurse Educator Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. (2017) May 2017 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Wisconsin. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_wi.htm
Barriers to Obtaining an Advanced Degree Lost Work Time and Benefits Cost of Tuition and Fees Family/personal Reasons 15.1% 31.5% 21.4% Wisconsin Center for Nursing. (2016). Wisconsin 2016 RN Workforce Survey. (2016). Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1igNiG24ZRBfiCw5lYPRSuK9ljqZnED6v/view
Unblocking the Education Bottleneck:Meeting the Demand Qualified students interested in becoming nurses Demand for nurses in the workforce Nursing Faculty Shortage
Factors Limiting Student Admissions 15% 15% Wisconsin Center for Nursing. (2015). Wisconsin Nursing education and nurse faculty: 2013 survey results. Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s5updL2vR9UwSOPnuhHyN5zEhVRUkdQ5/view
What can we do to grow the nursing faculty workforce in Wisconsin • Increase Master’s prepared nurses needed for the associate and baccalaureate degree nursing programs in order to teach the next generation of nurses 2018 ANEW Legislative Breakfast
What can we do to grow the nursing faculty workforce in Wisconsin • Increase Doctorally (PhD, DNP) prepared nurses needed for baccalaureate and graduate degree nursing programs in order to teach the next generation of nurses and nurse leaders 2018 ANEW Legislative Breakfast
What are the solutions? • Allocate 10 million to fund 150 nurses to their Masters or Doctoral degree with a requirement to teach in Wisconsin 2018 ANEW Legislative Breakfast
Nurses for Wisconsin Young, LK. (2018). Nurses for Wisconsin handout. Eau Claire, WI: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
What are the solutions? • Continue to require nurses to complete workforce survey as part of the Wisconsin licensure renewal to better respond to the shortage of nurses and nurse educators in Wisconsin 2018 ANEW Legislative Breakfast
Thank you! 2018 ANEW Legislative Breakfast
Wisconsin’s Health Factors University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. County Health Rankings 2018. Retrieved from http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/reports/state-reports/2018/wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Health Outcomes University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. County Health Rankings 2018. Retrieved from http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/reports/state-reports/2018/wisconsin
Policy Recommendations • Grow our own nurse faculty with funding for nurses to return to school for graduate degrees in nursing • Entice nursing faculty to come to Wisconsin with loan reduction or forgiveness programs and sign-on bonuses • Increase nursing faculty salaries to compete in the marketplace for new hires • Increase nursing faculty salaries to retain current nursing faculty and delay retirement • Establish public/private partnerships such as funding of joint appointments • Increase the number of funded nurse faculty positions
Advanced Practice Nurses (APRN) with Master’s or Higher by region WESTERNWI 7.8% NORTHERN WI 5.4% RNs = 8302 RNs = 5537 Wisconsin Center for Nursing, Inc. (2016). Nursing Workforce: A Snapshot (Northern & Western Wisconsin) Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/114jDz0s6pd_qzgtB3vw7c6HmFVAn562A/view and https://drive.google.com/file/d/114jDz0s6pd_qzgtB3vw7c6HmFVAn562A/view
Nursing Faculty: Highest Nursing Degree and Age ADN 10% MSN 57% Doctorate 17% Mean age for faculty prepared at the doctoral level= 55.2 years Mean age of a all nursing faculty = 50.8 years Wisconsin Center for Nursing. (2016). Wisconsin 2016 RN Workforce Survey. (2016). Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Center for Nursing. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1igNiG24ZRBfiCw5lYPRSuK9ljqZnED6v/view