While the academic school year just ended for many, it's only just beginning for this new cohort of nurse practitioners. On July 1, the University of California will welcome a group of students who ...

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OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As California faces a critical shortage of registered nurses, Samuel Merritt University (SMU), a leader in health science education for over a century, is taking ...

Rural and Northern California are heavily impacted by shortages of registered nurses and nursing faculty. Changes in federal loan programs have increased the financial burden on prospective students.

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 ...

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.

Oscar Mateo dreamed of being an artist, but after he contracted leukemia when he was 20, his life plans abruptly changed. The compassionate nursing care he received while hospitalized touched him so ...

(BCN) — 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 ...

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Students practice with a mannequin simulating a patient at the Mt. San Antonio College campus in California. The shortage of clinical placements for nursing students has led some educators to argue ...