Impact of the economic downturn on nursing schools

The challenges posed by the economic downturn on baccalaureate nursing schools in the southeast as it relates to their perceptions of changes in the number of applicants, acceptance rates, employer recruitment efforts, and student clinical and job placement were explored. Responses from deans and pr...

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Published in:Nursing economic 2011-09, Vol.29 (5), p.252-264
Main Authors: Terry, Allison J, Whitman, Marilyn V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Baby boomers
College students
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depressions
Directors
Economic Recession
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - economics
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - manpower
Elasticity of demand
Employers
Employment
Enrollments
Graduations & commencements
Health care policy
Hospitals
Humans
Influence
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing schools
Older people
Personnel Selection - economics
Pilot projects
Preceptorship - economics
Recessions
Schools, Nursing - economics
Schools, Nursing - manpower
Southeastern United States
Surveys
Tennessee
Working hours
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Summary:The challenges posed by the economic downturn on baccalaureate nursing schools in the southeast as it relates to their perceptions of changes in the number of applicants, acceptance rates, employer recruitment efforts, and student clinical and job placement were explored. Responses from deans and program directors indicated nursing schools are experiencing negative effects of the economic downturn in the form of graduates having difficulty finding employment, decreased recruitment efforts from prospective employers, difficulty locating clinical placements for students, and no change in faculty applicants despite an increase in undergraduate student applicants as well as graduate student applicants. These multiple factors combined could signal the death knell for programs that are ill-prepared to deal with such a crisis. Programs need to be aggressive in their efforts to draw health care recruiters as well as qualified faculty applicants to their campuses. Nursing schools must be able to clearly show why their graduates are superior to other programs' graduates when competing for both highly qualified faculty applicants and prospective student employers.
ISSN:0746-1739