Nurses Are In High Demand. Why Can’t Nursing Schools Keep Up?

A paradox bedeviling the U.S. nursing landscape: there is enormous demand for nurses, as retirement or burnout push many from ...
Capital Public Radio

Tired of the waiting lists for California’s public universities, nursing students increasingly turn to expensive private programs

For Julio Rivera, transferring from a local community college to a bachelor’s program in nursing was always a top priority. As someone who enjoyed helping others, nursing seemed like a natural career.
EdSource

Long wait for students to enroll in some community college nursing programs

Despite the high demand for more nurses, students at some California community colleges are finding it difficult to get accepted into nursing programs. It’s a problem that leaders of the student ...
Governing

Nursing Schools Struggle to Keep Up With Demand for New Nurses

Mt. San Antonio College, in Los Angeles County. More than half of California’s nursing school programs reported their requests for clinical placements in hospitals were denied in 2022-23. Mt. SAC lost ...
The Marion Star

'The sky's the limit,' Tri-Rivers nursing program equipping nursing's future

It’s no surprise that nurses across the nation are tired after two long years battling the COVID-19 pandemic on the front lines. For the past two years, the pandemic strained healthcare workers in ...
LAist

Tired Of The Waiting Lists For California’s Public Universities, Nursing Students Increasingly Turn To Expensive Private Programs

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