There are a lot of factors contributing nursing shortage.
But the key reason why deficit of nurses continue to swell is because of lack of faculty and educators at nursing schools.
As much as nursing schools and universities wanted to increase their number of enrollees to cope up with the increasing demand of registered nurses, they are forced to refuse thousands of aspiring candidates due to lack of faculty.
For example, at Austin Peay University in Clarksville, there are about 200 students applying at nursing programs yearly.
However, the school only has room for 50.
They can't accommodate all qualified applicants because of lack of budget, insufficient clinical sites and educators.
This problem is the major factor contributing nursing shortage.
Not only Austin Peay University is encountering this problem but nationwide.
In addition to this, the aging nursing workforce is of greater number.
Many of them will enter retirement age by the end of this decade.
Many vacancies will again be created but only few are available to take their spots.
The nursing shortage is really a serious problem.
Hospitals employ the service of nursing agencies to fill-in the vacant positions.
These nurses are foreign born.
They are very much qualified because they gone through a lot of proficiency tests, aside from the NCLEX exam.
This may be the reason why many are venturing into nursing agency business.
Many thought that starting a nursing agency is quite difficult.
But the truth is starting a nursing agency is very simple though it needs determination and hard work.
There are nursing agency guides that sprung all over the internet.
These will give you complete knowledge on how to start, manage and market your nursing agency.