Reply With QuoteWe've known for a long time that it's a lack of professors that will lead to true trouble in the ability to churn out graduate nurses. This is no surprise. Nor is it a surprise that anyone would decline an invitation to teach when the salary is what it is. What a joke. Twenty thousand dollars less per year on average than bedside nursing? And for more liability? No thanks. I have given it thought many times and am currently in school to pursue an employer-paid BSN completion (no way I would volunteer to pay for it on my own since I don't see the need) so that later on in life when I can't stand on my aching legs anymore I can pursue a desk-type job and push papers. If that doesn't pan out, I can go back to work at Wal-Mart checking out school supplies with no guilt for having paid for my completion. Sound Callus? Probably. I am not convinced that I am less qualified than someone else with a BSN or some that I have known with MSNs. However, that said, I am proud of those folks for finishing their degrees and completing the coursework as I know it was difficult for them. It's the type of classes we have to take that isn't convincing me that I would be better qualified to care for my patients or teach a class if that's what I chose to do. Let's face it...though my instructors knew a lot, they also spoke off of transparencies an awful lot, powerpoint and videos. Hmmm...need an MSN to do that?
