Preventing Nurse Shortage starting at University Education
Publication Date
Spring 3-30-2025
College
Gordon E. Inman College of Nursing
Department
Nursing, School of
Student Level
Undergraduate
SPARK Category
Knowledge
Faculty Advisor
Linda Wofford
SPARK Session
Linda Wofford; Gordon E. Inman College of Nursing Poster: Nurse as Leader 10:15-11:45 Poster/Gallery Session
Presentation Type
Poster
Summary
The United States is facing a significant nursing shortage due to factors such as an aging population requiring more healthcare services, high burnout rates among existing nurses, and a lack of sufficient nursing faculty to train new professionals. We believe that if universities can achieve higher nursing student retention rates, we can decrease the nursing shortage by increasing the number of new nurses in the field. We plan to do this by having nurses from varying specialties (ICU, OR, flight nurses) provide an informational session to Belmont University nursing students and provide an optional shadow shift for interested students. This meeting will entail the nurse's experience on this unit, the benefits of working on this unit, and ways to start in this unit after nursing school. We will evaluate our outcomes by determining the number of students who graduated pre/post informational sessions, as well as determine the retention rate of students pre/post informational sessions. To evaluate the effectiveness of our intervention and change project we would also like to include feedback from the students and guests to evaluate their experiences about the implemented program.
Recommended Citation
Bellavance, Jenna M.; Edwards, Abby; and Berry, Makenna, "Preventing Nurse Shortage starting at University Education" (2025). SPARK Symposium Presentations. 124.
https://repository.belmont.edu/spark_presentations/124