Just realized a trend. Nursing programs seem to be popping up like mushrooms around the country. As the Wall Street Journal reported June 12, 2009 (Recession Helps Nursing Shortage, At Least for the Moment ), long-term projections indicate that the nursing shortage will widen over the next decade as the economy improves and the current, aging work force retires.
It appears that colleges and universities are responding have been responding to this need by launching nursing programs. Nancy Spector, Director of Regulatory Innovations for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing says she is hearing from state boards that a trend for new programs is occurring.
College of the Ozarks, located near Branson, Mo., recognized the need for nurses in 2003, and couple of million dollars later launched a BSN program Fall 2007. The first cohort of C of O’s Nursing Program will graduate May 2010, and the newly-pinned nurses will then take NCLEX-RN tests and be able help ease the shortage in the Ozarks region. The College’s program is one of eight Missouri programs (some BSN, some LPN) launched in the past two years.
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