What are the factors influencing nursing faculty shortage?

“It is well established that faculty who are teaching at either undergraduate or graduate levels should be educationally prepared at the doctorate level.

In nursing, there is a shortage of doctorally prepared nurses making it difficult for colleges of nursing to recruit the required number of faculty which result in limiting students’ enrollments and decreasing number of graduates.

Recognizing such issue,

1. What are the factors influencing nursing faculty shortage?

and

2. What are the suggested strategies that can be adopted by nursing schools to counter such shortage?