Nurse Educator Shortage and The Impact On the Workforce PPT

Instructions 1) Proof read and edit paper ( check APA format, make sure paper) 2) Write abstract and final conclusion of research paper 3) Create powerpoint presentation with 11-15 slides based off of research paper 4) Power point should have pictures, important information ( data, statistics, Outline of research paper -Cover page -Abstract (200-250 words use keywords, include parts literature review, outcome) Body of paper -Abstract -introduction -background -Ethical consideration -literature review -model -conculsion (summarize entire research paper) -Reference page Running head: NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE Nurse Educator Shortage and The Impact On the Workforce Student’s Name Institution 1 NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 2 Nurse Educator Shortage and The Impact On the Workforce Education is the foundation to many great and successful careers. Nursing is a profession that is always in high demand and very honorable. This one of few careers that has stability during an economic recession. The labor department predicted there would be 712,000 new jobs for registered nurses between 2010 and 2020 (McMenamin,). As the demand for nurses grows in the healthcare field, there is an even greater demand for educators to teach nursing students. With the shortage of nurse educators, how will it impact the nursing workforce? The American nurses association stated that “With more than 500,000 seasoned RNs anticipated to retire by 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the need for 1.1 million new RNs for expansion and replacement of retirees, and to avoid a nursing shortage (Workforce). Being a nurse educator can be a greater fulfillment to empower the next generation of nurses. Teaching requires compassion and courage, but our educators are undervalued and unappreciated. As the baby boomers begin to retire, we will begin to slowly see the increase in need for nurses. We must question why aren’t professional nurses becoming educators when considering pursuing a master’s degree. When one becomes a professional nurse the learning never stops, due the forever growing world of medicine advancing frequently. There are many avenues to pursue in the world of nursing careers. Some of possible career choices for MSN prepared nurses are Advance registered nurse practitioners, Certified registered nurse anesthetist, Nurse informatics, and so many more options. Advancing in our unique profession should be everyone’s goal. In researching the topic of shortage of nurse educators we must question, How does a registered nurse pursing a master degree with a BSN perceived becoming a nurse educator beneficial NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 3 compared to ARNP? When selecting the next step in your career choice many individuals look at salary, comparison of workload, and advancement options. The bureau of labors statistics stated “the average nursing instructors and teacher, postsecondary average salary is $ 70,200” (Fast Facts, 2014). In 2013 the vacancy of nurse educators was at 8.3 percent. The shortage of nurse educators may have continued to increased. Some Registered nurse may have not considered becoming an educator due to the perception of teaching in a college classroom. Many educators are seen working in the hospital to educating current nurses on practices being implemented.

Educators assist in maintaining clinical standards, performing research, obtaining grants, and more tasks. This avenue in the nursing field is not as limited as many would think. In conclusion the nurse journal predicts that nurse educators are facing a predicted 19 percent job growth by 2020, similar to the growth in demand for registered nurses and other medical departments, but still much higher than the average rate of growth of other professions across the United States (Nurse educator, 2019). We must be prepared to educate the next generation of nurses. The need for nurse educators is present and will continue to affect the workforce. We will continue to look further into reason why advance registered nurse practitioner is more appealing to nurses wanting to obtain a master’s degree. In addition we will review ethical considerations, literature review, and john Hopkins nursing evidence base practice model. Ethical consideration Best Practices and/ or evidence-based practice NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 4 The rippling effect of nurse educator shortage is that there are less qualified nursing students enrolled in schooling programs. To ensure more students undertake nursing course, the accelerated nursing program can be recommended as an alternative to the qualified students. The accelerated programs will significantly mitigate nurse educator shortage since students receive online nursing education by different accredited schools of nursing (Doggrell, & Schaffer, 2016). The accelerated program bridges the gap of shortage in nursing faculty as students are guided by instructors through different online programs and receive faculty support throughout the session. The program is efficient in substituting the baccalaureate programs which require nursing students to attend classes. Additionally, graduates holding different degrees and wish to change course into being nursing educators can receive BSN or even MSN degrees within a shorter time frame. To enroll in the accelerated nursing program, it is mandatory for students to have previous healthcare experience, as long has one has qualified by having a minimum of 54 college credits. The accelerated nursing program is facilitated by a faculty which is well familiarized with the need for incorporating evidence-based practice to ensure the graduating nurses are able to offer quality patient care. Identify risks In every research study there are potential risk factors that can occur. Due to the lack of educators the nursing workforce can be impacted in various ways. Clinical education problems have adverse effects in achieving the goals of the nursing profession, and consequently, they have a direct impact on public health (Farzi, Shahriari, & Farzi,2018). Due to lack of educators in the nursing field future nurses may lack clinical skills, knowledge, and decline in continue NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 5 education are risk factors. With the national shortage of RNs, new graduates have increasingly been assigned to care for acutely ill patients with complex needs, yet specialty preparation has not been emphasized at the baccalaureate level (Addressing new national advisory council,2010). Nurse Educator Shortage and The Impact On the Workforce PPT

This risk factors may lead to a continuation decline in nurse staffing, decrease in quality of care, and many possibilities. HIPAA and FERPA Concerns This research topic is viewed from an education standpoint requiring participant honest and un bias opinion. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted in 2003 to protect the privacy of an individual’s health information (Grove, Burns, & Burns 2013). This research study will not involve any participants health information. HIPAA will not be a concern for this study. In the year nineteen seventy-four government officials created the family educational rights and privacy act. This privacy act protects student educational records from being used or released unless authorized by the student or legal guardian. According to the united states department of education “Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student’s education record (2018). The only time an institution can disclose educational information without consent would be to an accrediting organization, transferring of schools, institution audits, and etc. The schools are still required to notify the student or legal guardian of educational records being viewed. Prospective students considering a pursing a master’s degree in nursing will be used in this, but educational records will not be used or view to conduct this study. Informed consent NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 6 This study will consist of research on the shortage of nurse educators. Participants will be expected to be involved for one to two hours. Participants will take two questionnaire survey in honesty. One survey will be conducted before and after each participant have read the possibility of each profession. There no associated risk for participants in this research study. In contrast participants will benefit from learning potential salary of a nurse educator and advance nurse practitioner. Participants name, age, nor place of employment will be placed with in the study. There are no penalty or compensation for participants who agree, disagree, or discontinued their involvement with this research study. Insufficient capacity in nursing schools is a major contributor to the shortage of nurses and the shortage of nursing faculty is a major cause of the capacity constraints (Addressing new national advisory council,2010). We have reviewed best practices in improving educators, identify risk factors with the shortage, HIPPA, and informed consent. This research can be valuable into correcting the shortage of educators and assisting with producing new graduate nurses. The Belmont report helps summarize informed consent, risks, benefits, and many other ethical boundaries. In this research study the respect for persons is very available. According to the Belmont report “ to respect autonomy is to give weight to autonomous persons considered opinions and choices while refraining from obstructing their actions unless they are clearly detrimental to others (Office for humans research protection, 2018). Literature Review Shortage of nurse educators has adversely affected the nursing profession. Nurse educators play a trivial role in strengthening the workforce, providing leadership that aids in implementing evidence-based practice, and offering educational and training services to nursing students. With the ever-changing health environment, nurse educators prepare the nursing NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 7 workforce to adapt to the changes and diversities in their profession by offering quality educational experiences. Therefore, the shortage of nurse educators limits the number of qualified nurses who are prepared to offer safe and quality health care services. With the continuous increase in demand for nurses, there is also a need for recruiting and retaining a high number of nurse educators. Numerous studies have been conducted concerning the primary causes of nurse educator shortage and how it impacts the nursing workforce. Causes of Shortage in Nurse Educators The educational requirement of qualified nurse educators in the rank of professors and associate professors is quite high and takes time. According to Rosseter (2015), the average age of nurse educators who have a master’s degree is 50.9 to 57.8 years. Those in the faculty with a doctorate are aged between 51.1 and 62.2 years. Therefore, most educators have a few numbers of productive years that they can use to teach nursing students. Starting to teach at an older age increases the retirement rate of nursing educators compared to the RNs. Since the retirement age in the nurse faculty is 62.5 years, those in the nurse education experience more shortage in their fraternity due to high retirement rate. The higher rates of compensation in the clinical settings and private sectors lures most of the current and potential nurse educators to deviate from teaching (Arian, Soleimani, & Oghazian, 2018). The average salary of nursing educators is less than that of other nurse practitioners. Nurse Educator Shortage and The Impact On the Workforce PPT

The lower rate of compensation makes the faculty less attractive to nursing students since they view the profession as being less prestigious. Educators who consider their salaries less attractive become less efficient and make less contribution to the nursing profession. Additionally, budgetary constraints increase the shortage of nurse educators. Many nursing students who would wish to pursue higher degrees to become educators experience financial NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 8 constraints. However, there are several federal and private institutions which are willing to support students who want to pursue graduate nursing education. For instance, the Nurse Reinvestment Act has a policy that offers loans to students who agree to serve in the education faculty after graduation. Impact on the Workforce The challenge of nurse educator shortage impacts the healthcare system at the macro, meso, and micro levels. Projections made in regards to the nurse educator workforce suggest an increasing rate of vacancies and this affects the workforce. A study by Bittner & Bechtel (2017) indicates that the existing nurse educator workforce is not adequate to meet current demands in nursing education and this has increased the workload for the existing educators. The increased workload is often associated with cases of burnout, low employee morale, and early retirement. The overall outcome is a highly dissatisfied and less productive workforce. Burnout affects the productivity of nurse educators which in turn impacts the quality of education. Low morale influences the early retirement of nurse educators which intensifies the current shortage problem in the field. Nurse educators are pivotal in the healthcare system as they ensure the supply of skilled and qualified nurse practitioners. As Bittner & Bechtel (2017) explain, a considerable number of applications to nursing schools has been turned down due to limited human resources to train nursing students adequately. According to a 2015 report by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, approximately 68,938 applicants to nursing graduate programs were denied opportunities to pursue the profession due to an insufficient number of nurse educators and clinical preceptors. About 494 nursing schools reported that they did not accept qualified applicants into the baccalaureate programs due to a shortage of educators. NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 9 Changes in the healthcare system have influenced increased demand for medical services, and the current supply of nursing practitioners is not adequate to meet the growing public health needs. The shortage of educators affects the nursing workforce by limiting the supply of nursing practitioners (World Health Organization, 2016). Practicing nurses nearing retirement are encouraged to teach part-time to help ease the burden on nurse educators. Nurse Educator Shortage and The Impact On the Workforce PPT

The shortage of nursing practitioners makes the hiring and acquisition of additional part-time educators difficult. These nurse practitioners are expected to work for long shifts, and this makes it difficult for them to offer services as part-time educators. The nursing environment is fast changing due to factors associated with globalization, legislation, and technological integration. The current healthcare needs cannot be addressed using past learning materials. There is a necessity for nurse educators to undertake training to identify emerging skill requirements in the nursing profession. This, however, requires a flexible working schedule to allow nurse educators to further their professional development. The shortage in educators increases the workload, and this limits the ability of nurse educators to undertake further training to acquire adequate skills to meet the changing needs in nursing education. Kim et al. (2015), evaluated the quality of nursing education in different countries and the results of the assessment suggest a positive relationship between poor nursing education and a shortage of nurse educators. Lack of professional development not only affects the morale of nurse educators but also results in a workforce of educators with inadequate skills to prepare the next generation of practitioners in a changing environment. Investigation to Gain Knowledge Assessing the challenge of shortage of nurse educators is critical to addressing some of the difficulties that have affected the healthcare system in recent years. The topic of shortage of NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 10 nurse educators has attracted the interests of scholars and policymakers, and this has resulted in an extensive body of literature on different aspects of the issue. These materials provided an insightful background to the problem and some of the measures taken so far to address it. Additionally, reports from healthcare organization such as the World Health Organization provide information on trends in healthcare and the state of nursing education which makes the identification of the problems facing nurse educators possible. Different online databases such as PubMed, JSTOR, and EBSCO were searched using a specified list of keywords to help narrow down on the literature to use in the investigation. Research Model The model of this research was based on Johns Hopkins Evidence-Bases Practice. This model is essential in analyzing the research methodology by integrating and systematically reviewing the gathered literature material and the expected findings of the research (Dang, & Dearholt, 2017). This research model was guided by the question: What causes shortage in nursing educators and how does it impact the nursing profession? Based on the model’s question, the research was primarily conducted through a systematic review of both unfiltered information and background studies retrieved from different nursing databases. The information used to analyze the finding of the research was qualitative in nature. The findings of the study were primarily based on the evidence gathered in the literature review process. In relation to the evidence appraisal, the results of the study were valid since they provided a critical analysis on the impact of the nursing shortage educators on the practice. The finding of the study is relevant since it can be analyzed to provide recommendations on the strategies that can be undertaken by the nursing profession to prevent further shortage in the faculty. NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 11 From the various literature analyses, it is evident that there are numerous factors contributing to shortage in nursing educators. The primary causes of the shortage are high rate of retirement, less compensation, and budget constraints on nursing students. This shortage ultimately affects the nursing workforce. Due to the reduced number of educators, there is an increased workload in the faculty. An increase in workload reduces job satisfaction and morale of the nurse educators. The shortage of educators also limits the supply of nurses since qualified students are not accepted into nursing schools due to insufficient workforce. With the current changes in the nursing profession, there is need to undertake trainings that will be beneficial in identifying the gap and skill requirements of nurses. Various measures should be undertaken to motivate nursing students to become educators to bridge the gap in nurse educators and also replace the retiring professors. NURSE EDUCATOR SHORTAGE 12 References Addressing New National Advisory Council on Nurse … (n.d.). 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