title: Coping with clinical site shortages.
abstract: The shrinking number of nursing clinical sites and the backlog of nursing students in generic programs waiting for clinical placement present major problems in nursing education. Positioning the clinical practicum of generic nursing programs in the final year of the curriculum is suggested. Advantages and disadvantages are discussed.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Tompkins
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States