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

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

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 settlement agreement states that George “neither admits nor denies the factual allegations in the administrative complaint.” The complaint says George was working at Palm Garden of Aventura, 21251 ...

He graduated from a nursing program in South Florida and passed a national exam but Jasiel Vilarino’s hope of working as a nurse has turned into a frustrating yearlong ordeal. Like dozens of other ...

A new state veterans nursing home is set to rise in Collier County, promising much-needed skilled nursing services for ...

The Florida A&M University School of Nursing’s low trajectory of first-time pass rates has made a turnaround after the program's 2023 spring cohort was given a 96.55% passage rate. The improvement — ...

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 ...

A land dedication ceremony is set for Jan. 9 to usher in the county donating 23.5 acres to the state Department of Veterans’ ...

Nine nursing programs in the state university system had National Council Licensure Examination pass rates above the national average. Florida Gulf Coast University had a 100% pass rate, while 98% of ...