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The US doesn't have enough faculty to train the next generation of nurses

  • Written by Rayna M. Letourneau, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of South Florida
imageSome nursing programs had to turn away students because of a shortage of faculty and clinical sites. FatCamera/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Despite a national nursing shortage in the United States, over 80,000 qualified applications were not accepted at U.S. nursing schools in 2020, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

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