For more than a decade, schools of nursing have struggled to increase enrollments due primarily to an insufficient supply of faculty and clinical placement opportunities for students. While the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for nurses, it has further limited access to clinical sites. In Fall 2020, AACN found that 368 schools (38.5% of all respondents) reported that 66,274 applications to generic baccalaureate nursing programs were rejected. While the students who submitted...
