The 2009 deregulation allowed hundreds of new nursing schools, many of them for-profit institutions which have compiled a ...

With a recent influx of state money, Central Florida colleges with high-performing nursing programs hired more faculty, built new facilities and expanded their programs to accept additional qualified ...

The Florida Hospital Association projects a shortage of nearly 60,000 nurses in the next decade. State lawmakers want to ...

United States Attorney Markenzy Lapointe speaks to the media about a network of nursing school operators, centered in South Florida, who allowed students to buy diplomas without the proper training as ...

ORANGE COUNTY. BACK TO YOU. FLORIDA IS TRYING TO RECRUIT AND KEEP NURSES BECAUSE OF A GROWING SHORTAGE. BUT A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE STATE IS LEADING THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO NURSING STUDENTS FAILING ...

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 nation’s nursing shortage is hitting close to home in Florida. With the overwhelming demand for nurse candidates, Florida A&M University is responding by expanding its nursing program with three ...

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 ...

Pass rates on the national licensing exam are the lowest in the nation, with dire implications for health care. A nursing student holds a stethoscope up to a mannequin during a training simulation at ...