Where the Nursing Pipeline Breaks: Chamberlain's President on Wait Lists, Cost, and Burnout (With Jana Price and Amelia Manning)

Why are qualified students still stuck on nursing school wait lists while hospitals struggle to fill shifts? 

On this episode of Nurse Converse, host Jana Price, MBA, BSN, BA, RN, CEN, TCRN, talks with Amelia Manning, President of Chamberlain University, about the nursing shortage, nursing school capacity, clinical placements, and the real cost of becoming a nurse. They dig into employer pipeline programs with health systems like SSM Health and Advocate Health, how schools can build NCLEX confidence, what new grads face in their first year, and whether nursing school can help prevent burnout. Amelia also shares the three changes she would make to nursing education in the U.S. 

Whether you are a nursing student, a new grad, a preceptor, or a nurse thinking about going back to school, this conversation is for you.

Article: Chamberlain's President on Where the Nursing Pipeline Breaks, From Wait Lists to Burnout

Skip Ahead:

• 00:37 - Jana introduces Amelia Manning, President of Chamberlain University
• 01:39 - Is the shortage about nurses leaving, or not enough coming in?
• 03:38 - Why qualified students can't get a seat in nursing school
• 06:51 - How clinical placements work at scale
• 08:30 - The cost of nursing school and financial support
• 11:53 - Preparing students to pass the NCLEX on the first try
• 14:34 - The first year of practice and where school's role ends
• 17:07 - Retention, burnout, and Chamberlain Care
• 20:34 - Three changes Amelia would make to nursing education

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• Nurse Converse: nurse.org/nurseconverse
• Amelia Manning bio: chamberlain.edu/staff/amelia-manning
• Related on Nurse.org: nurse.org/news/nurse-pipeline-chamberlain-advocate-health/

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