Shortage of nursing faculty a growing problem

by Susan Trossman, RN

The nursing community is facing a twist on the age-old conundrum: Which came first -- the chicken or the egg?

Health care facilities -- urban, rural, acute care and long-term care -- are clamoring for more nurses. Yet how do nursing schools turn out more grads at a time when nurse educators are in even shorter supply?

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ANA, INA support nurse in quest for reinstatement

by Susan Trossman, RN

When the terrorist attacks occurred on September 11, Illinois Nurses Association member Deborah Adelman knew that the high-level skills she developed over 20-plus years as a Red Cross disaster response nurse would be desperately needed.

What she didn't bargain for was the action taken by her employer, St. John's College, a small liberal arts institution in Springfield, IL; St. John's fired her, citing "job abandonment" after she helped out in the wake of the attacks.

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