This
Issue's Feature Article – Sponsored by Lloyd Healthcare
Staffing Nursing Fact Sheet
Published by The American Asssociation of Nursing Colleges
Misconceptions about nursing have contributed to misinformation about the profession in the media. Journalists should know these facts:
Nursing is the nation's largest health care profession, with more than 2.7 million registered nurses nationwide. Of all licensed RNs, 2.2 million, or 81.7 percent, are employed in nursing.
Nursing students account for more than half (52 percent) of all health professions students in the United States.
Nurses comprise the largest single component of hospital staff, are the primary providers of hospital patient care, and deliver most of the nation's long-term care.
Most health care services involve some form of care by nurses. In 1980, 66 percent of all employed RNs worked in hospitals. By 2000, that number had declined to 59 percent as more health care moved to sites beyond the hospital and nurses increased their ranks in a wide range of other settings, including private practices, health maintenance organizations, public health agencies, primary care clinics, home health care, nursing homes, outpatient surgicenters, nursing-school-operated nursing centers, insurance and managed care companies, schools, mental health agencies, hospices, the military, industry, nursing education, and health care research. Though often working collaboratively, nursing does not "assist" medicine or other fields. Nursing operates independent of, not auxiliary to, medicine ..........
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A Quality of Life Choice-Online Degree on Your Terms
By Daniel Lofald, PhD
The University of St. Augustine is
delighted to announce a new- online- Master of Nursing Education (MNEd) degree. This program is for
those with a desire to teach, but not ready to give up their employment to attend a residential
graduate school. Currently, Schools of Nursing are forced to turn away qualified students because
they lack faculty. This shortage is compounded by the reality of Baby Boomer nurses who are moving
into retirement at the same time the need for nursing faculty is skyrocketing. The shortage of
qualified nurse educators in not expected to abate for years to come.
ODan Lofald, PhD, Program Coordinator
for the University of St. Augustine Nursing Division, was asked to describe their program.
There are few things more rewarding than working with young people and passing on your hard-earned
knowledge and experience to those interested and excited about working in your field. For many, a
career in teaching means better work hours and more daytime hours with the ones they love. However,
the very people most qualified to take on these new roles as nurse educators are exactly the people
who cannot put their lives, and jobs, on hold to attend a residential graduate program. ........
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The first class starts May 9 and the Master of Nursing Education (MNEd) program is accepting
admissions for the September and January terms. The best place for details is at University of St. Augustine or (800) 241-1027 Toll Free.
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 Beware of Self Help Help Gurus (and how to REALLY gain job satisfaction).
by Marty Nemko
Imagine a doctor urged you to undergo a treatment and encouraged you with tales of successful patients. He failed, however, to mention that the treatment fails with 90 percent of patients like you. Youd sue and win in any court in the land. Yet self-help gurus routinely make similar recommendations without reprisal. For example, havent you heard a guru intone that the secret of success is self-esteem, affirmations, or meditation? Or urge you to dream it and you can do it. ? Or even Dont push. When its meant to be, itll be. Youre skeptical but gurus seduce you with tales of how they or an acolyte, with a dream and some effort, went from depressed to delighted, rags to riches, dung shoveler to star.
What the gurus dont tell you are the odds. ..........................
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Men In Nursing
by
Conrad Lopez
On www.nursetown.com we have an interesting discussion group about men in
nursing. Many thoughtful entries have been logged in over the years and
recently we received one that I thought was worth sharing with our newsletter
audience. The man that wrote it sent it in anonymously so I am unable to give
him his due but I would like to thank him for his thoughtful insights.
I think you'll enjoy them too.
He wrote:
"I am a 43 year old male who got laid off from a job as a scientist
(biochemist) at a major pharmaceutical company. Perhaps my experience will
illustrate some of the pros and cons of the field. I elected to pursue an RN
after being rejected - because of age - from the following fields: The
military, law enforcement, fireman/paramedic, the trades, and some government
jobs. The field is wide open in terms of employment, and does not discriminate
on the basis of age or sex. Although it was not my first choice.........
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