Thank you for helping us understand the future of healthcare enrollment.

This survey is sponsored by the Kansas City Metropolitan Healthcare Council (KCMHC), an affiliation of the Kansas & Missouri Hospital Associations. This particular survey asks about Certified Nurses Assistant / Patient Care Tech (CNA/PCT - Other similar nurses aide roles) programs.

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* 1. About you:

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* 2. What state does your school primarily serve:

Student Information: If you have summer starts or graduates for students, please include them in your spring numbers.

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* 3. How many total seats for students do you have in your program each year?

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* 4. Please report the total number of students admitted to this program for each year listed below (please enter N/A if not applicable to your program):

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* 5. If applicable, how many qualified applicants were turned away from your program:

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* 6. Does the program have a wait list?

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* 7. If yes, how many are on the wait list?

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* 8. How many seats are going unfilled in your program? (Please enter N/A if not applicable to your program in a given year).

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* 9. What are the reasons the seats are going unfilled? (Mark all that apply).

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* 10. If you selected "Lack of Qualified Applicants" above, please select the reasons the candidates were unqualified.

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* 11. How many students graduated/are expected to graduate in the academic terms listed below? Please note, if not yet enrolled, please put 0 or leave blank.

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* 12. Number of students withdrawing due to personal/non-academic reasons:

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* 13. Number of students withdrawing due to academic reasons:

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* 14. For those students withdrawing from your program, what are the reasons for the withdrawals:

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* 15. Assistance: What do students need during their program to ensure that they succeed that they are not receiving right now? Please rank the following needs from greatest to least need, with 1 indicating the greatest need.

Faculty Information:

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* 16. How many unfilled positions are available in this program? *These are open positions with current and active searches. (Please enter N/A if not applicable to your program)

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* 17. If applicable, why does the program have open or unfilled positions for faculty?

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* 18. How many additional faculty, if any, would this program need in order to accept all qualified applicants? *All qualified applicants up to the program's approved (if applicable) seat number. (Please enter N/A if not applicable to your program).

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* 19. Is the program experiencing a shortage of available clinical sites?

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* 20. If yes, why are you experiencing a shortage of clinical sites?

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* 21. What would cause/enable the program to increase capacity?

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* 22. What would cause the program to decrease capacity or shut down?

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* 23. Recruitment: What is effective to attract students to the program?

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* 24. Other: Are there any other ideas of how we can alleviate the shortages for CNA/ PCT roles in our healthcare system?

Thank you for your time completing this survey. The results will be shared in Fall 2026.

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