Alarmed by a growing shortage of nurses, Florida lawmakers in 2009 eased regulations on the schools tasked with training them ...

Lawmakers hope the proposal will lead to more nursing school graduates passing the national exam needed to work in a field ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a recent influx of state money, Central Florida colleges with high-performing nursing programs hired more faculty, built new ...

Clarification appended: This story has been updated to reflect that Florida saw a decline in out-of-state students taking the nursing exam in 2024, though not necessarily a decline in out-of-state ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference at a college in Florida on Tuesday morning, where he discussed future funding for successful nursing education initiatives in the ...

The United States has seen the future of health care, and it revolves around nurses. Not just in hospitals, though they provide almost all direct care and monitoring, along with acting as their ...

Florida nursing school graduates ranked last in the nation for first-time pass rates on the national licensing exam in 2024, leaving the state vulnerable as its population ages. The state continues to ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke about nursing education in Daytona Beach on Tuesday. DeSantis spoke at Daytona State College. The governor was joined by Florida Department ...

At the end of last year, the number of vacant jobs for registered nurses in Florida was approximately 12,500, reports Orlando Sentinel, which cites information from the Florida Center for Nursing.

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional,” adding to public outcry after nurses were omitted ...

Getting new nurses into the workforce has become critical in Florida, with a forecasted shortfall of 31,000 nurses by 2035. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper ...