“This year’s scholarship
winners were selected from an outstanding pool of applicants
who will serve as future faculty and leaders of the nursing
profession,” said AACN President Jean E. Bartels.
“AACN is grateful to Monster for its forward thinking
and commitment to sustaining the nursing profession by
expanding the population of nurse educators.”
Last December, AACN reported
that at least 32,617 qualified students were turned away
from baccalaureate nursing programs in 2005 due largely
to a shortage of faculty. Given the growing demand for
highly qualified registered nurses, AACN is concerned
that bright students are being turned away at a time when
more nurses are needed. The Monster-AACN Nursing Faculty
Scholarship program was created to help address this concern
and increase the population of doctorally-prepared nursing
faculty available to teach in nursing schools nationwide.
Students who receive scholarship funding have agreed to
work as nursing faculty after graduation as part of this
innovative program.
“Monster is keenly aware
of the challenges associated with growing, encouraging
and sustaining the nursing profession,” said Denise
Cautela, Healthcare Segment Director. “In joining
forces with the AACN to address the critical need for
nursing faculty, we hope to help alleviate the vicious
cycle facing the industry today. Alleviating the financial
barriers to nursing education ensures these students will
be able to complete their nursing studies and share their
knowledge with future nursing candidates.”
This year’s scholarship
winners are a diverse group of students enrolled in both
research-focused (PhD) and practice-focused (DNP) doctoral
programs. These students were honored at a reception sponsored
by Monster which was held in conjunction with AACN’s
Doctoral Education Conference in San Diego on January
27, 2006. Brief biographies of the scholarship winners
may be found on the Web at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/monsterwinners.htm.
For more details about the
Monster-AACN collaboration and the nurse educator shortage,
see the following:
Press Release Announcing the
New Scholarship Program
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/NewsReleases/2005/AACNMonsterRel.htm
AACN’s Nursing Faculty
Shortage Fact Sheet http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/FactSheets/facultyshortage.htm
About AACN
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is the
national voice for university and four-year-college education
programs in nursing. Representing more than 585 member
schools of nursing at public and private institutions
nationwide, AACN's educational, research, governmental
advocacy, data collection, publications, and other programs
work to establish quality standards for bachelor's and
graduate-degree nursing education, assist deans and directors
to implement those standards, influence the nursing profession
to improve health care, and promote public support of
baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, research,
and practice. Web site: http://www.aacn.nche.edu.
About
Monster Worldwide
Founded in 1967, Monster Worldwide, Inc. is the parent
company of Monster(R), the leading global online careers
and recruitment resource. The company also owns TMP Worldwide,
one of the world's largest Recruitment Advertising agency
networks. Headquartered in New York with approximately
4,800 employees in 26 countries, Monster Worldwide (NASDAQ:
MNST) is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ-100
Index. More information about Monster Worldwide is available
at http://www.monsterworldwide.com.
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