Is the nursing shortage our own fault? Are we making sure it stays a shortage? There is a shortage of nurses spanning the world. Contributing factors to the nursing shortage include “Steep population growth resulting in a growing need for health care services, a diminishing pipeline of new students in nursing, and an aging nursing workforce (paragraph 2).” These Factors are not likely to change. So why make this so difficult?
Colleges right now are making the nursing program impossible to gain acceptance from. At UCF, as an applicant to the bachelors in nursing program, you are competing against 700 students for 120 spots. That leaves around a one-in-six change of admission. Making the programs this difficult to get into makes no sense.
Should we be turning down students so easily for a career that it is in need? Nurses are becoming a rare but necessary commodity and, in my opinion, it is senseless to make the road to this career so steep. Impossible acceptance to nursing school counteracts the progression we make to lessen the shortage.
The satisfaction of being a nurse is declining. “Job dissatisfaction is on the rise due to increased workloads, longer hours and not having the resources to provide the highest quality care to patients (paragraph 12).” Our shortage is not only bad for our patients, its bad for our current nurses. My mother is a nurse. I am a certified nursing assistant. I have seen the effect my mothers job has on her. If one nurse misses work, she suffers and has to take a double load of work for the night.
UCF orientation for the nursing profession was shocking. The teacher spent the majority of his time trying to scare students out of this major. Is that supposed to help the shortage, or is that meant to increase it. Seeing the students scrambling to change their major was discouraging. The point of nursing school is to help lessen the already terrible shortage. “Countries around the world are facing critical nursing shortages. From North America to Africa and Europe, communities are challenged with growing health care needs and diminishing numbers of nurses (paragraph 1).” We cannot expect to help other countries if we restrict the learning potential of our city.

MY version of a test blog.

Nothing good happens without taking chances
Feelings let known through movements and glances
A fleeting stare over another’s shoulder
The meaning known solely to the beholder
A catch of the eye
A twist of the wrist
Easily ignored and easily missed
Trying so hard to get what you want
Its seems as if you’re just here to taunt
You act like its nothing
You’re so nonchalant
Drive a girl crazy with the twist of your smile
She can’t have what she wants all the while
Of course id be stuck in this situation
It only brings on such complete frustration
Intimidating as you may be,
You’re something incredibly different to me.