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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1990)
Applications increase, but... College of Nursing limited By Dionne Searcey 1 Staff Reporter The University of Nebraska Col lege of Nursing continues to limit the number of enrollees, although de mand for graduates is strong and the number of applicants has risen, an official said. Mary McMamce, associate dean of the College of Nursing, said more students could not be accepted be cause instructors needed more time to work with nurses one-on-one and facilities such as clinics were limited. Instructors need to work closely with students to supervise them, she said. “Nursing is an ... intensive kind of study,” she said. Sybil Sedivy, student services adviser at the college, said the college received 329 undergraduate applica tions for the 1990-91 school year, compared to 290 in 1989-90 and 224 in 1988-89. Of the 329 applicants, 152 wanted to enroll at the Lincoln campus. The program located in Fairfield Hall at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln may be moc popular because UNL has residence halls and more campus activity, said Donna Baker,executive director of the Nebraska Nurses As sociation. Admission to the Scotlsbluff cam pus was requested by 35 applicants and admission to the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s campus by 142. Only 75 applicants arc accepted into the Lincoln program. The Omaha and Scottsbluff programs arc limited to 75 and 25 students. Sedivy said the increasing number of applicants should have one benefit - making the college more competi tive, thereby raising standards for admission. Sheila Exstrom, nursing education consultant in the Bureau of Examin ing Boards, said the number of appli cants was increasing because students Brian Shellito/Daily Nebraskan ■ in„iniin.iniii .. 111 miimPwniriMHiiiH i h iiwinffii find that as nursing graduates they have no difficulty finding jobs. And as the profession has become less stereotyped as a women’s career, more men have become interested, she said. The need for nurses is growing, too, as technology increases, Exstrom said, because people arc living longer and need more medical care. A slight increase in nurse’s sala ries also have boosted interest in the field, she said. Salaries range from $8 to $ 15 an hour in western Nebraska to 512 to $15 an hour in eastern Ne braska. Five new associate degree nursing schools have opened for the 1990-91 school year in community colleges across the state, Exstrom said. The added programs could alleviate the demand on the university’s program and help satisfy the growing number of interested students, she said. The schools will be located on the campuses at Grand Island, North Platte, Norfolk, Omaha and Southeast Com munity College in Lincoln. Exstrom said 25 to 35 students per campus are admitted into the pro gram. Sedivy said the new programs should help NU’s program. Ihe reg istered nurses graduating from the community colleges hopefully will apply to the University of Nebraska’s nursing program to obtain their bache lor’s degrees, she said. Al Schaben/Doily Nebraskan Terry Blue, guitarist (or the band David Basse and the City Light Orchestra, jams during the Bluestest at Broyhill Plaza on Wednesday. • UNL CITY CAMPUS • UNLEAST CAMPUS • WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY • SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE • UNION COLLEGE • LINCOLN SCHOOL OF COMMERCE • STATE FAIR PARK • DOWNTOWN ★ You Must Haw© a Current Student I D to Purchase and Use Star Tran's College Commuter Punch Pass nm-■ 5 * ■ I B a * ■ # ^B^ k 41 _ # * + J* J* J* J* J* m!* J J* m* m? J* J* *!*m . I.p.j Very Important Person ■ ■ Good for one g FREE RIDE ■ on any StarTran bus g ■ Present to driver when boarding
