nursing students

HCA is donating $1.5 million to boost Florida International's nurse educator program

Leslie Ovalle

U.S. nursing schools turned away more than 80,000 qualified applicants because of an insufficient number of faculty to teach them. A new partnership aims to help.

The conviction of RaDonda Vaught in an accidental injection death has sparked fear and outrage among many nurses, who have been faced with long hours, mounting responsibilites and staffing shortages.

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Southwest Florida nurses react to guilty verdict in Tennessee wrong-medication death

Sabrina Salovitz

Some of the nurses and nursing students we asked say the RaDonda Vaught case sets a worrisome precedent for the criminalization of medical mistakes.

A nurse prepares to inject residential care home staff with the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine in Belfast, Ireland.

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USF Expanding Enrollment In Nursing Program To Meet Growing Need

William Marlow

The coronavirus pandemic has caused nurses to leave the profession or retire and federal officials estimate there will be a need for 1.1 million new nurses by 2022.

A USF College of Nursing student learns how to administer a flu shot. Learning like this will soon take place at USF St. Petersburg, which will begin offering an accelerated second-degree nursing program this fall.

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Nursing Shortage Leads To New USF St. Petersburg Program

Mark Schreiner

Long before the University of South Florida began efforts to consolidate the accreditations of its three campuses and offer programs system-wide, USF St...

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UCF Offers Nursing Grad Students Loan Help

Associated Press

The University of Central Florida is offering nurses seeking a doctorate degree a loan forgiveness opportunity.The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports the…