I have read on many news and provincial registering body sites that it is estimated we will be short about 400,000 nurses by the year 2010. And schools repeatedly turn away qualified applicants for nursing programs. In addition, there is a shortage of "qualified" instructors (the reason for turning away students). They require apparently Masters prepared (and preferrably Doctorate) nurses.
Too many meetings, too many committees, too many fancy papered reports on the problem and no one has given, not that I have seen, a concrete suggestion for a solution.
I believe they need to stop wasting time and money, and "qualified" resources. There are very well qualified, educated and experienced nurses who may hold only a Baccalaureatte degree whom they are ignoring.What happens when we hit 2010? What happens when we hit a number greater than 400,000 and the population in need of nursing care far exceeds what it is now?
My fear is too many will be dying waiting for care, excessive hallway medicine and even more nurses leaving the profession due to long hours, burnout and the fear of "accidently" killing someone.
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