Possible Solutions to Nursing School Wait lists?

I am curious... Anyone have any ideas for possible solutions to the wait lists for nursing schools?

To start off the thread, I was thinking that nurses who are going for their BSN+, they will be required to go back and teach ADN, and LVN students. This would relieve the shortage of nursing teachers.
Actually, I think your suggestion to force everyone who goes to grad school (even if they are not specializing in education) to teach is a horrible idea. Forcing people into a job they are not educated for or want will only create more problems than it solves. Not everyone who goes to grad school should teach -- particularly not beginner-level students. Teaching beginner-level students is a very definite specialty. How about ...1. Raising the admission standards so that only people with a reasonable chance of graduating, passing NCLEX, and succeeding in a nursing career are admitted? That would "weed out" a lot of students who are now using those valuable clinical slots, making room for others who are more likely to succeed.2. Compensating the hospitals for providing clinical sites to nursing students. In a lot of areas, it's the lack of clinical sites that is the bigger problem.3. Increasing faculty pay so that an instructor can earn at least as much as a new graduate earns in the hospital? ... thus making the faculty job more attractive4. Hiring clinical faculty as full time employees so that they can get benefits such as health insurance, a retirement plan, etc.? Many (most?) clinical faculty are only adjuncts and not eligible for benefits. That eliminates a lot of unmarried people for those jobs who don't have husbands to provide those things.5. Supporting faculty members who try to enforce high standards rather than catering to student convenience in the name of "customer service."These are just a few thoughts off the top of my head.Edited 6/29: I apologize for my careless failure to use inclusive language in #4 above. I should have said "partners" rather than "husbands." It's just that I was thinking of a few personal friends in this situation who happen to be heterosexual women as I wrote the post. I did NOT intend to exclude men or homosexuals. We are all in this together -- and I apologize if anyone felt excluded and/or was offended by my original wording.

With the difficulty new grads are having with finding a job, I don't know if forcing more through the program at a quicker rate would be beneficial.I agree that having students become unwilling teachers is a horrible idea . Teaching someone is a hard job and should be done by someone passionate about teaching. I also agree with the above poster's suggestions offering additional benefits to faculty and clinical sites would probably help the most.

JM...In my honest opinion... I think making someone teach is like making someone precept... how many threads have we seen about folks being with horrible preceptors?? Not everyone wants to teach, nor should they have to. Again, just my own opinion.. Ivanna

Churning out more new grads will only serve to further erode pay, make job hunting even worse etc...leave it the way it is. Matter of fact I think some schools should close.

llg... I wish I could kudos you more then once

Quote from llg How about ...1. Raising the admission standards so that only people with a reasonable chance of graduating, passing NCLEX, and succeeding in a nursing career are admitted? That would "weed out" a lot of students who are now using those valuable clinical slots, making room for others who are more likely to succeed.

Quote from HouTxllg,Probably won't make any difference to those who are willing to mortgage their futures by borrowing $100k to go to a commercial school tho.

Quote from Ivanna_NurseJM...In my honest opinion... I think making someone teach is like making someone precept... how many threads have we seen about folks being with horrible preceptors?? Not everyone wants to teach, nor should they have to. Again, just my own opinion.. Ivanna

Quote from llgthat eliminates a lot of unmarried people for those jobs who don't have husbands to provide those things.

If only nursing students who were guaranteed to pass the NCLEX on the first try were admitted to nursing school there would be no wait lists.

Quote from llg 1. Raising the admission standards so that only people with a reasonable chance of graduating, passing NCLEX, and succeeding in a nursing career are admitted? That would "weed out" a lot of students who are now using those valuable clinical slots, making room for others who are more likely to succeed..

Sun surf, I agree. Let's close DOWN schools to create a real nursing shortage. By shortening the waiting list, more and more nurses would be cranked out every semester. This would result in lower pay/benefits and working conditions that is worse than now because hospitals know there will be a fresh batch of new grads twice a year. Ever wonder why the demand for nurses is so great, yet not that many new hospitals are being built, so technically there should not be a demand for nurses.