Governor Ron DeSantis announced additional funding for state colleges, universities, and private nursing schools to help address Florida’s growing nursing shortage.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The florida hospital association says there’s a shortage of at least 16-thousand nurses in florida.this week governor ron desantis announced ...

TSC's Associate Degree in Nursing – one of its flagship programs – has been placed on probation due to low scores, but the ...

A 2021 FHA study warned Florida could face a shortage of 59,100 nurses by 2035 without intervention. Since 2022, the ...

The newly released 2025 Annual Workforce Report from the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) shows hospitals have added nearly 65,000 jobs since 2020, while sharply reducing vacancy and turnover rates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The for-profit Brilliant Academy Health Center, on Conway Road in Orlando, won state approval and opened in 2018. It charges ...

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 ...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed how Florida is combating the nursing shortage by announcing investments in two programs during a news conference in Pinellas Park on ...

Systems launching expanding nursing programs in 2026 include Mayo Clinic, NYU Langone, and Arkansas State with new degrees and scholarships.

The Florida House gave near unanimous approval on Thursday to a proposal that would tighten the state Board of Nursing’s oversight of nursing schools, a change that supporters say is needed because ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Alarmed by a growing shortage of nurses, Florida lawmakers in 2009 eased regulations on the schools tasked with training them, inviting new institutions to ...