Nursing Program bites the dust

[FireCloud9]

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Who needs nurses when we can have sports? Didn't see those on the list.

Budget constraints are also responsible for Humboldt State's decision to eliminate nursing, said campus spokesman Paul Mann. It was the university's most expensive program – with costs exceeding $1 million a year – and the university could no longer afford to hire qualified faculty, he said.

The academic changes at California universities are mild compared to cutbacks seen in some states that have also reduced funding for higher education.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Admittedly there isn't a shortage of nursing programs out there, so I don't see the problem.

 

[NoRNshortage]

My thoughts exactly. Less nursing schools = less new nurses getting pumped out = higher pay for fewer nurses.

I'm sure there are probably 5 community college near that uni which are offering ADN programs though, so they'll probably still be pumping out new grads like crazy. And those newbies nurses won't be able to find jobs for 6 months to a year.

Same thing with that blurb about the med school. Less med schools = higher pay for docs. I'm sure currently practicing MDs don't have a prob with that either.

Admittedly there isn't a shortage of nursing programs out there, so I don't see the problem.

 

[oldiebutgoodie]

Who needs nurses when we can have sports? Didn't see those on the list.

Budget constraints are also responsible for Humboldt State's decision to eliminate nursing, said campus spokesman Paul Mann. It was the university's most expensive program – with costs exceeding $1 million a year – and the university could no longer afford to hire qualified faculty, he said.

The academic changes at California universities are mild compared to cutbacks seen in some states that have also reduced funding for higher education.

The part about not being able to afford hiring qualified faculty is laughable. Nursing faculty are paid peanuts, and can usually make more as a floor nurse. Here in the midwest, a local community college was offering a salary in the $40's for full time tenure track nursing position. Really?

Oldiebutgoodie