As nurses are bound by scope of practice, Connecticut must make a concerted effort to produce the right number of nurses with the right academic credentials & experiences.  It is necessary at all academic levels to meet the nursing workforce needs across all employment settings in CT.

Online Resource 

• https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Practitioner-Licensing--Investigations/Registered-Nurse/Registered-Nurse-Licensure

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Limited Pool of Nurse Faculty: An ample pool of full time and part time nursing faculty are essential to not only maintain but expand school capacity. With a hiring preference for a Doctorate degree for full time Nursing Faculty, it is critical that Connecticut invest in graduate education to ensure a robust pool of Nursing Faculty.  In CT, Full Time faculty comprise 32% of the educators ( 299  ) and Part time Clinical Faculty comprise 68% of the educators at (634).  In 2021, CT schools and programs of nursing employed 933 total faculty!

​Reports

• 2021 CT Nursing Education Report- Demographics, Statistics and Recommendations
• ​​​2018 Nursing Education Data

Online Resources

• www.CTCenterForNursingWorkforce.com
• Nursing Data Portal (ctdata.org)
• https://oadn.org/news/nacnep-report-preparing-nurse-faculty-and-addressing-the-shortage-of-nurse-faculty-and-clinical-preceptors/
• https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/dfigital-education-for-building-health-workforce-capacity-978-92-4-000047-6

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Limited Capacity of Connecticut’s RN Schools and Programs of Nursing: Our Schools and Programs of Nursing have a very hire rate of student retention at approximately 95% and graduate approximately 2,100 students per year, yet it is not clear how many of these graduates become licensed in Connecticut and remain here to work. 

Reports

• 2021 CT Nursing Education Report- Demographics, Statistics and Recommendations
• ​​​2018 Nursing Education Data

Online Resources

• www.CTCenterForNursingWorkforce.com
  
• Nursing Data Portal (ctdata.org)
  
• https://oadn.org/news/nacnep-report-preparing-nurse-faculty-and-addressing-the-shortage-of-nurse-faculty-and-clinical-preceptors/
  
• https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/dfigital-education-for-building-health-workforce-capacity-978-92-4-000047-6