Now that California's two higher education systems have been allowed to offer a doctorate in Nursing, the shortage facing California's hospitals and the rest of the nation may come to an end. To be fair, only a few CSU universities were offering doctorate in nursing. If there are more teachers with a doctorate, more nursing classes can be offered. And registered nurses can further their studies.
For example, Fresno State is planning on adding a doctorate to prepare future nursing educators to meet the needs for nursing classes.
Valley students can not wait for this new development. According to sources close to the university, the program may be launched in 2011.
In the meantime, our nursing needs are being met by traveling nurses and immigrant nurses. Go to any of our national hospitals, you are sure to find nurses from many foreign countries. Canadian nurses have been crossing over for a long time. You are sure to find many Caribbean, South and Central American nurses, African and Asian (philipino) nurses. Many of these foreign nurses come from many English-speaking countries. They have been doing a great job. Without them, we do not know where we would be. Even with the current focus on training local talent, the needs for foreign nurses will continue strongly for a long time.
It is time to train our local youth to get some of these jobs.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
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