Nursing Schools Can't Grow Fast Enough to Let in Everyone They Want to
The U.S. desperately needs more nurses, but schools can’t expand fast enough to take in all the students who qualify
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Even though job openings for nurses are abundant, many of the people who'd like to fill them aren't getting the chance, a new study shows.
In a report (pdf) released Wednesday by the Georgetown Center on Education & the Workforce, researchers showed that bachelor's of nursing programs rejected 37 percent of applicants who were qualified to get in during the 2011-12 admissions cycle. For associate's degree programs, the number is even higher: 51 percent of qualified applications weren't approved.