The for-profit Brilliant Academy Health Center, on Conway Road in Orlando, Florida, won state approval and opened in 2018. It charges aspiring nurses $27,000 annually. The state has placed it on ...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $20 million in additional funding to nursing programs across Florida colleges and universities. During a press conference Tuesday morning at St. Pete ...

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 ...

Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a request to apply for a $375,000 grant to fund its nursing program. Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees has unanimously ...

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 ...

Amid Florida’s nursing shortage, a Catholic university in the Archdiocese of Miami is expanding its nursing department following top test scores by its students. St. Thomas University announced on Feb ...

In July 2025, the U.S. Department of Education made a list of graduate programs it considered “professional degrees.” Some nurses were outraged to see nursing programs weren’t on the list. 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’s push to expand its healthcare workforce hit a financial milestone this week, with state officials confirming that total investments in nursing education have now surpassed $485 million since ...