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Florida’s NCLEX pass rates have been below the national average for years, but in 2024, grads from nursing programs in the State University System posted impressive results.

The USF College of Nursing Port of Tampa Seafarers Center Clinic opened last month to serve maritime workers, including international workers aboard cargo and cruise ships.

The survey of more than 500 programs by the Florida Center for Nursing also finds a decrease in nursing faculty. The reason: Qualified nurses earn more in clinical settings than academic ones.

The university's Board of Trustees will consider approving nearly $700,000 dollars in matching funds from the state to help boost its nursing program.

The PIPELINE funding for nursing schools was allocated last year by the Legislature to retain students and as well as instructors, who’ve been lured by lucrative nursing jobs in other states.

The donation from Dr. Philips Charities will support the construction of a College of Nursing building in the Lake Nona area and should help UCF increase its nursing student body.

The Legislature approved a fund that includes funds for nursing programs at state colleges and nursing education at career and technical centers.

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.

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

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.