Becker's Healthcare December 16, 2024
Mackenzie Bean

Advanced nursing students face an uphill battle securing clinical placements, often navigating a fractured educational system that can leave them unprepared to enter the workforce, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Dec. 16.

The report, part of Bloomberg’s series on the education and evolving role of NPs in the U.S. healthcare system, examines how current shortcomings in clinical training may affect the quality of care delivered by NPs.

Five takeaways:

1. The nation’s growing demand for NPs — and their increasing responsibilities in healthcare — has outpaced the development of comprehensive education and training programs, according to Bloomberg. Many nursing programs provide little to no support for securing clinical rotations, forcing students to rely on personal connections or expensive third-party matching...

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