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Engineering Online Degree | Are men moving from Engineering to Nursing Careers?

Posted by bposton on November 12th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

I saw an interesting stat the other day that said higher wages and job security are prompting more
men to enter the field of nursing.

Which I guess means there’s less men entered the Engineering field? I mean, there are just so many men
to go around, right?

Anyway, according to a Vanderbilt University School of Nursing study, the number of male nurses in
our great nation has almost doubled since the 1980s. Men now represent 9 % of the nations nurses. and
that’s up from 5% in the 1980s.

And just as impressive is that fact that the public’s perception of nursing is getting much better.
A recent Gallup Poll even ranked nursing as the most trusted profession, above teachers, military officers and even doctors.

Wow…

Now for the bad news…sort of.

You may not know it, but there’s a nationwide nursing shortage and it could become a health-care crisis.

According to the Vanderbilt study, although there are 1.8 million nurses today, there could be a shortage of 800,000 nurses by 2020.

And our colleges and universities haven’t been gearing up to address this yet.

According to an enrollment survey by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, more
than 26,000 qualified applicants were turned away from undergraduate programs last year due in
large part to faculty shortages.

In my next post, I’ll explain who some companies and colleges are trying to make headway on this, and,
as in the Loard of the Rings - “they’ve placed their hope on Men”

:-)

Ben