New Nursing Degree Program

For college students interested in pursuing nursing degrees, their timing couldn’t be better. The shortage of nurses is starting to reach acute proportions, and the people in charge are starting to freak out. To make matters worse, last year 50,000 applicants couldn’t get into nursing programs because there wasn’t enough room. In [...]

For college students interested in pursuing nursing degrees, their timing couldn’t be better. The shortage of nurses is starting to reach acute proportions, and the people in charge are starting to freak out. To make matters worse, last year 50,000 applicants couldn’t get into nursing programs because there wasn’t enough room.

In an effort to educate more students in the ways of the nurse, new, online versions of the accelerated BSN programs are being launched:

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the nursing shortage has severe national implications, with approximately 1 million unfilled nursing positions projected by 2020. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), has reported that nursing schools must increase the number of graduates by 90 percent in order to combat this shortage.

This fall, Marian College students will begin classes in an online accelerated BSN program that blends the convenience of online learning with on-site clinical education at St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. Individuals who currently hold a baccalaureate degree in a non-nursing field will be eligible for the program. Marian College has offered a more traditional, classroom-based accelerated BSN program for several years, and this program will continue to be offered on the Marian College campus.

Resources:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Nurses Association
National League for Nursing
Bureau of Labor Statistics: LPN and LVN
Bureau of Labor Statistics: RN
Nursing School Education Resource Center

Posted by Alexa Harrington

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