Nursing Education Programs 2005 - 2006
September 2007 (download pdf file)

Archive: 2004 - 2005

Abstract & Background | Types of Nursing Program Capacity, App, Enrollment

Licensed Practical Nurse | Registered Nurse | Graduate Nursing

Comparison of Students | Faculty | Issues & Discussion

Conclusion & References

Registered Nurse Programs

Student Enrolment and Admission Slots
Table 4 indicates that 70% (210) of qualified applicants for the AS programs were not enrolled. 27% (45) of qualified applicants for pre-licensed BS programs at public institutions were not enrolled and 7% (12) did not take up the offer to enroll; and 63% (791) of qualified applicants to private institutions did not take up the offer to enroll.

TABLE 4: AS AND BS PROGRAMS APPLICATIONS, CAPACITY, AND ENROLLMENT FOR 2005 - 2006

**includes RN to BS program applicants; ++includes applicants who did not take up an offer to enroll (n=806); *n/a = not applicable; #number of admission slots in RN to BS program unfilled

In the 2005 - 06, ninety admission slots were available for students seeking an AS in public institutions and 100% were newly enrolled in the AS program (Table 4). Table 4 also shows an estimated 113 admission slots for pre-licensed students seeking a BS and 26 admission slots for RN to BS were available in public institutions in 2005-06. 100% (113) students were newly enrolled in the pre-licensed BS program. Whilst the private institutions do not cap student admissions they do face similar challenges experienced by the public institutions offering nursing programs. However, 9% (13) of the admission

AS and BS Nursing Student Demographics
Table 5 identifies that males made up 17% of the student population in the registered nursing programs. The distribution of students by race/ethnicity shows a high number of Asians and Caucasians across programs, with a strong Filipino rand Japanese representation in the AS and BS programs. In the undergraduate programs, the BS programs have the highest percentage of students under the age of 25 years. AS programs have a higher percentage of students over the age of 25 compared to the BS programs.

TABLE 5: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING STUDENTS IN REGISTERED NURSE PROGRAMS, 2005 -2006

Graduates in AS and BS Programs
121 (56 completed the AS portion of their ladder program) undergraduates received an AS and 302 (19 of these students had completed the RN to BS program) received a BS degree