Nurses with graduate degrees continue to be in high demand and California State University, Stanislaus will start its spring semester with a new program to help meet that need.
The University’s Department of Nursing in the College of Human and Health Sciences is partnering with other departments as well as the regional medical community to launch its first Masters of Science in Nursing program on the Monday, February 16 opening day of the spring semester. Starting off as a three-year part-time program for 15 students with two courses each semester taught in one class session per week, the major will offer two graduate options – a Nursing Education Track and a Gerontological Nursing Track.
Nursing Department Chair Dr. Peggy Hodge points out that a need for qualified nursing faculty and advancing technology, and an increasingly diverse and aging population of baby boomers who present critical challenges for the health industry, have intensified the need for nurses with advanced degrees.
National surveys reveal that more than 33,000 qualified nursing applicants have been turned away, with the majority of higher education institutions citing a shortage of faculty as the main factor in limiting enrollment. With the average age of college nursing faculty at 53, retirements over the next two years are expected to add to the shortage just when demand is at its highest. The Nursing Education Track will prepare nurses for teaching at both the college level and in staff development roles within various types of health care organizations.
Demand for openings in the CSU Stanislaus Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing programs continues to be highly competitive. More than 220 students are enrolled in the Four-Year Pre-licensure and Registered Nurse to Bachelor’s Degree programs.
The Gerontological Nursing Track is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide registered nursing students with the skills to become administrators and policy planners who work with the growing elderly population. Instruction focuses on older adult nursing care, sociology of aging, communication, and related fields. Joining the Nursing faculty to teach classes in this program are members of the Social Work, Sociology, and Communications faculty.
The University’s Department of Nursing in the College of Human and Health Sciences is partnering with other departments as well as the regional medical community to launch its first Masters of Science in Nursing program on the Monday, February 16 opening day of the spring semester. Starting off as a three-year part-time program for 15 students with two courses each semester taught in one class session per week, the major will offer two graduate options – a Nursing Education Track and a Gerontological Nursing Track.
Nursing Department Chair Dr. Peggy Hodge points out that a need for qualified nursing faculty and advancing technology, and an increasingly diverse and aging population of baby boomers who present critical challenges for the health industry, have intensified the need for nurses with advanced degrees.
National surveys reveal that more than 33,000 qualified nursing applicants have been turned away, with the majority of higher education institutions citing a shortage of faculty as the main factor in limiting enrollment. With the average age of college nursing faculty at 53, retirements over the next two years are expected to add to the shortage just when demand is at its highest. The Nursing Education Track will prepare nurses for teaching at both the college level and in staff development roles within various types of health care organizations.
Demand for openings in the CSU Stanislaus Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing programs continues to be highly competitive. More than 220 students are enrolled in the Four-Year Pre-licensure and Registered Nurse to Bachelor’s Degree programs.
The Gerontological Nursing Track is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide registered nursing students with the skills to become administrators and policy planners who work with the growing elderly population. Instruction focuses on older adult nursing care, sociology of aging, communication, and related fields. Joining the Nursing faculty to teach classes in this program are members of the Social Work, Sociology, and Communications faculty.