[NPInfo] Bill would foster growth of nurse educator corps

[mfnp at cox.net]

This sounds like a total crock to me. I am not convinced the lack of 
spots is the result of poor pay and the emphasis on the usual "publish 
or perish", or that the Schools of Nursing are controlling the numbers, 
which would not be much different than physicians and medical schools. 
They also complain of shortages, but really are doing little to resolve 
the problem. I am not sure that "retired military nurses" are models for 
the nursing profession in a general sense. Some of their experiences 
would be excellent, especially in acute care situations, but, when you 
compare military nursing to what occurs in the general nursing civilian 
world, there are definitely some major differences, and some may not be 
positive. Marty

repyke at infionline.net wrote:
> A federal legislator has a filed a bill designed to encourage active-duty military nurses and those retiring from military service to become nurse educators. The legislation, modeled after a Defense Department program helping military personnel move into education, offers varied fellowships and scholarships to nurses interested in faculty positions. Retired nurses would get financial incentives for serving as full-time faculty at an accredited school of nursing. The bill hopes to address the drastic shortage of nurse educators that prevails today. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, U.S. nursing schools turned away almost 43,000 qualified applicants in 2006.
> http://www.modernhealthcare.com/
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> Bob
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