Kentucky
Kentucky Board of Nursing
312 Whittington Parkway, Suite 300, Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: 502.429.3300
Apply for licensure by endorsement if you were licensed in another state, jurisdiction or outside of the United States and want a Kentucky RN or LPN license.
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Recent survey results and alarming statistics show a continuing shortage of nursing faculty across the country. Prompted by these results, a growing number of nursing colleges and universities have decided to offer education-focused master's and doctoral nursing degrees.
While these educational programs have been available before, several nursing schools are offering them for the first time. Becoming a nurse educator and teaching at the baccalaureate level and above requires completing at least a master's in nursing degree (MSN). Even though colleges and universities looking to hire nursing faculty prefer applicants who have obtained doctoral nursing degrees, nurse educators with a master's degree are highly appreciated and sought after.
According to the 2010 results from the Special Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions conducted by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the top two reasons cited by nursing schools having difficulty hiring nursing faculty included: noncompetitive salaries compared to jobs in the practice field, and a limited number of doctorally-prepared faculty.
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AK CT IA MA MS NM PR VA AL DC ID MD MT NV RI VI AR DE IL ME NC NY SC VT AS FL IN MI ND OH SD WA AZ GA KS MN NE OK TN WI CA GU KY MO NH OR TX WV CO HI LA MP NJ PA UT WY Nursing schools nationwide rejected more than 67,000 eligible applicants seeking to enroll in professional nursing programs in 2010 compared with more than 41,000 qualified applicants in 2005, 33,000 in 2004 and 18,000 in 2003. Schools attributed the increased rejections in large part to an insufficient number of faculty members, classroom space, and poor economic conditions. The Department of Health and Human Services projects today's vacancy rate in registered nursing positions will grow to 36%, representing more than one million unfilled jobs by 2020.
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