http://www.ere.net/2007/10/23/10-million-investment-in-nyc-nurses/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:03:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ere.net/2007/10/23/10-million-investment-in-nyc-nurses/comment-page-1/#comment-3218 Jessica Berryessa Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:02:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/10/23/10-million-investment-in-nyc-nurses/#comment-3218 As a healthcare recruiter and a native New Yorker (now living in California) I am glad to see that NYC is stepping up to the plate to serve both sides of the problem, low income and nursing shortages. They seem to be on the right path by both subsidizing the cost of tuition for the programs and building a new school. I wish the state government here in CA would do something similar. Although they have in the past provided subsidies and scholarships to those that want to go to nursing school the problem is not the number of people wanting to be nurses. The problem is the number of accredited programs that exist in the state. A few years back I went to nursing forum at Cal State Long Beach and heard some of the statistics about our local nursing programs. Most nursing programs only admit about 60 students per semester but the number of applications is upwards of 12 for every opening. Also adding to the problem is the fact that in Orange County there are a total of 3 RN to BSN programs making it difficult for existing nurses to advance their degree to the BSN level allowing for an increase in salary and potential to further education. My point is if State or Federal government is going to through money at the nursing shortage that is plaguing our entire nation it should be throwing money at accrediting more programs as well as trying to attract students. As a healthcare recruiter and a native New Yorker (now living in California) I am glad to see that NYC is stepping up to the plate to serve both sides of the problem, low income and nursing shortages. They seem to be on the right path by both subsidizing the cost of tuition for the programs and building a new school.
I wish the state government here in CA would do something similar. Although they have in the past provided subsidies and scholarships to those that want to go to nursing school the problem is not the number of people wanting to be nurses. The problem is the number of accredited programs that exist in the state.
A few years back I went to nursing forum at Cal State Long Beach and heard some of the statistics about our local nursing programs. Most nursing programs only admit about 60 students per semester but the number of applications is upwards of 12 for every opening. Also adding to the problem is the fact that in Orange County there are a total of 3 RN to BSN programs making it difficult for existing nurses to advance their degree to the BSN level allowing for an increase in salary and potential to further education.
My point is if State or Federal government is going to through money at the nursing shortage that is plaguing our entire nation it should be throwing money at accrediting more programs as well as trying to attract students.

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