Enrollment of New Nursing Students Continues Despite Budget and Capacity Constraints

Although limited educational capacity resulted in nearly 40,000 applicants being turned away from nursing schools, 2009 marks the ninth consecutive year of  increases in the number of students enrolled in nursing degree programs. More nurses prepared to deliver high quality health care is good news for all Americans. This news comes from the latest annual survey from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).