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Thursday, February 16, 2006: South Carolina: Good faculty costly to hire:"Two recent Island Packet stories dealt with the acute national, state and local nursing shortage and with the desire to add a bachelor's degree nursing program to the University of South Carolina Beaufort curriculum. In both stories, mention was made of the need for nursing faculty. That need is only going to increase. The median age for nursing faculty is climbing closer to retirement age (I know, since I retired six years ago). Advanced degree registered nurses are more apt to choose areas of clinical practice over teaching positions. Why? As stated in one of the stories, nurses with a master's degree or doctorate "can make upwards of $100,000 in clinical settings."
http://www.islandpacket.com/editorial/letters/story/5529075p-4979868c.html
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Sun, Jan. 26, 2003: South Carolina: DHEC denies licenses for prison infirmaries:"The S.C. Department of Corrections has closed five prison infirmaries because it could not hire enough nurses, transferring inmates to a private facility even though the department's chief accountant said less expensive options were available.
The accountant, Bruce Burnett, said in a December memorandum the plan would cost $20,000 more per inmate each year than adding nurses at the infirmaries.
The state Department of Health and Environmental Control prompted the move by denying the infirmaries licenses unless more nurses were hired."
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/local/5034142.htm
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Sunday, January 19, 2003: South Carolina: Medical staffers await call from Uncle Sam:"In recent weeks, the Defense Department has called up nearly 60,000 reservists as the nation mobilizes for possible military action against Iraq. Many, like Talarico, who is director of emergency nursing at Greenville Hospital System, are health professionals. And if there is a war, hospitals and other health-care services in the state, already coping with a labor shortage, could find themselves even more short-handed. "It couldn't be at a worse time because we have this shortage going on," said Jimmy Walker, vice president of the S.C. Hospital Association. "Anything that takes some of the current work force away is going to be another challenge."
http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2003/01/19/2003011934655.htm
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Dec. 14, 2002: South Carolina: MUSC Asks hospitals to pay for nurse training:"The Medical University of South Carolina hopes to get hospitals to lend a hand in paying to train new nurses and ease the chronic nursing shortage.
Next year, MUSC hopes to double the number of students enrolled in its nursing program to 100 and wants to increase the number of nurses educated at a program in Florence, where the medical school works with Francis Marion University.
MUSC also wants to give South Carolina's registered nurses, who have associate degrees, the chance to get four-year degrees without leaving their hometown."
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/local/4738028.htm
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Sat, Dec. 14, 2002: South Carolina, Charleston: MUSC to impose hefty tuition increases:"The Medical University of South Carolina will impose tuition increases of up 15 percent for the various health profession degrees it offers under a plan the MUSC Board of Trustees approved Friday.
University officials say the tuition increases taking effect in the fall semester stem from a lack of state funding.
"It's a cost-shift from the state to students and families," Dr. Ray Greenberg, the university's president, said. "This is a painful process."
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/4740562.htm
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Sat, Nov. 30, 2002: South Carolina: University puts program under knife:"South Carolina State University is overhauling its troubled nursing program, half of whose graduates failed the state nursing exam last spring.
"We have revised the curriculum, we have restructured the courses, we have changed the clinical experience, we have hired faculty," said Leola Adams, dean of the School of Applied Professional Sciences.
"I'm looking for a sustained, high level of success on the exam, and we're doing everything we can to make sure that happens."
The school's nursing department is struggling amid a statewide nursing shortage that is expected to worsen as the population ages and many nurses retire. The majority-black Orangeburg campus also is a potential source of black nurses at a time when their numbers lag behind the state's minority population.
Nationwide from 1998 through 2000, about 89 percent of recent nursing graduates passed the National Council Licensing Examination the first time they took it. It's the test that lets them put "R.N." after their names, for "registered nurse."
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/4634852.htm
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Nov. 17, 2002: South Carolina: DHEC Seeks more money, $19 million raise likely won't come:"Hunter said his agency's top priority is retaining employees, particularly nurses who work in DHEC health clinics. That will cost $2.3 million. "We face a tremendous nursing shortage in this state," he said."
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/local/4539926.htm
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Sat, Nov. 16, 2002: South Carolina: DHEC to ask for $19 million:"South Carolina's health and environmental agency needs $19 million next year to retain nurses, prepare for terrorist attacks, clean up toxic waste, protect water quality and provide other services, officials said this week.
But Department of Health and Environmental Control officials acknowledged that their chances of getting that money are slim."
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/4533757.htm
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See also:
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.:"The following narratives have been written by individual state boards of nursing regarding the significant activities in their respective states related to the nursing shortage. These excerpts do not provide a comprehensive update of the nurse shortage in these states or nationwide. The information is simply intended to share information among Member Boards."
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.
676 N. St. Clair Street
Suite 550
Chicago, Illinois, 60611-2921
Telephone: (312) 787-6555. info@ncsbn.org
http://www.ncsbn.org/news/stateupdates_state_shortage.asp
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Nursing Shortage Serious For Seniors, About.com:"As the population ages the impact of the nursing shortage will be even greater. There is a threat to the health of every older adult in the United States and Canada looming on the horizon. It is not a virus or new type of bacteria that is causing this threat. The threat to health is a result of the increasing shortage of nurses in both countries. Over the last couple of years there have been numerous stories in the press about the magnitude and causes of the shortage. So far solutions for this situation have been few. Additionally this nursing shortage will impact the oldest of citizens the most. Older adults use health care services at a higher rate than do younger people. Advances in medicine and improved nutrition and lifestyle have added years to the average life span. With this longer life comes higher needs for medical services, especially the services of professional nurses."
http://seniorhealth.about.com/cs/prevention/a/nurse_shortage.htm
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The Nurse/Patient Ratio by Genevieve M. Clavreul RN, Ph.D.:"The New Year heralds many things, and this year brings legislation mandating a patient/nurse ratio in California. But after the confetti stops falling, did we get what we want? We now have a panacea for thousands of nurses in California, however, the ratio really can’t be enforced. (At the writing of this article the companion bill for enforcement is stalled in the legislature, having been defeated at least once already).
As my children are fond of saying, “why am I not surprised?” Having been a nurse for almost 30 years, most of those years spent in the NICU/PICU, I am used to working with a strict nurse/patient ratio. ICU’s and a few other areas of nursing have always been under the control of an “acuity” system. Actually, all nursing is supposed to be, but we all know this isn’t always the case. For this reason, I knew in my heart that legislating a nurse/patient ratio was probably an exercise in futility."
Working Nurse, Working World Magazine
3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1526
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel:(213)385-4781,
Fax:(213)385-3782, WorkingNurse@WorkingWorld.com
http://www.workingworld.com/magazine/viewarticle.asp?articleno=254&wn=1
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Nursing: A Medical Emergency, and Opportunity, hits home by Ronald A. Reis and Karen F. Reis RN:"You’re an RN, and you’ve been at it, administering to the sick and wounded, for months, years, maybe even decades. You’ve got your hands full with 12-hour shifts, high turnover, an often less than supportive work environment, and a stressed-out health care system that is, in places, itself on life-support. What to do? How to keep going? How to make this job, career, meaningful again? How to get out of nursing what you went into it for? How to avoid adding to the national nursing shortage by short-circuiting your own involvement in a noble profession?"
Working Nurse, Working World Magazine
3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1526
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel:(213)385-4781,
Fax:(213)385-3782, WorkingNurse@WorkingWorld.com
http://www.workingworld.com/magazine/viewarticle.asp?articleno=253&w
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Preparing for Battle: What YOU can do for YOU, Sicker patients, reduced staffing, longer hours, and increased responsibilities—by Deborah Lynne, RN, BSN:"As Registered Nurses, few of us think of the hospital we work in as a battlefield, or of ourselves as soldiers. But the truth is, there are more similarities than you might think. We show up for our shift each day, not knowing what challenges we might encounter. Our job requires us to be in the moment at all times, and to make split second decisions on the run. What we do or don’t do can mean the difference between life and death. We often work under extreme stress, yet must remain calm and in control. Although there are others who function in a supportive capacity, we are the ones on the frontline."
Working Nurse, Working World Magazine
3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1526
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel:(213)385-4781,
Fax:(213)385-3782, WorkingNurse@WorkingWorld.com
http://www.workingworld.com/magazine/viewarticle.asp?articleno=255&wn=1
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