UL's shrinking role in producing LA nurses

[NOCajun]

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Isn't the title of this thread a bit OFF?? UL's Nursing School is one of the best in the State, and unless I misread, their student numbers are going UP, not down!!

[Pirogue]

_ Yes the argument can be made for many fields. This topic was about nursing, so I thought it was pertinent. Bottom line is for what they do and put their licenses on the line for, they should be compensated. What is the value of a life? Nurses save lives everyday. _

Medical school?

[CajunFun]

UL doesn't have a shrinking role in nursing education.

They have increased their standards to decrease enrollment, because they don't have the staff to cover the kids they've got.

The price of (enormous) success...

[BrudaCajun]

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They have increased their standards to decrease enrollment, because they don't have the staff to cover the kids they've got._

Me being a product of another school I can tell you this is happening at all schools across the state/country. I had to miss multiple days of clinical experience to go and sit in radiology or "observe" in other areas of a hospital, because we did not have enough instuctors. No nurse wants to go back and teach nursing students because of the drastic pay decrease.

I have had two family members graduate from UL school of nursing, and the program must be top-notch because they are two great nurses. (My dad is the best nurse you will ever see)

[BeauCajun]

_ No nurse wants to go back and teach nursing students because of the drastic pay decrease.

I have had two family members graduate from UL school of nursing, and the program must be top-notch because they are two great nurses. (My dad is the best nurse you will ever see) _

My wife is a UL Nursing graduate and we see it everyday the value of having her BS from UL. The faculty is outstanding and the program is rated one of the top 5 in the country. Her base training has enabled her to attain her MSN degree and she's now pursuing a DNP (Doctorate in Nursing Practice).

BTW, she has considered "go back and teach nursing students because of the drastic pay decrease" after her retirement from the state. Money is not what drives most nurses.

[BrudaCajun]

_ Her base training has enabled her to attain her MSN degree and she's now pursuing a DNP (Doctorate in Nursing Practice).

Money is not what drives most nurses. _

That is great tell her to keep going, my dad is a CRNA now and he loves it.
Oh and to the second part money may not drive them but, job security and money do help just a little. lol It takes a special person to be a nurse, or to work in any part of the medical field that has to do with patient care (that I am)

[Jason]

My wife also graduated from UL in nursing. She continued her education and will graduate in December as a Womens Health Nurse Practitioner. The program UL has is great!