Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KATC) — Nurses Week is May 6-12, 2026, and Ochsner Lafayette General and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are working to address the growing nursing shortage through an ...

Nursing schools fast track training to combat shortage A new method to fight the long-time nursing shortage is gaining popularity across the country with some universities offering a 12-month ...

PORTLAND, Maine - America needs nurses — and some schools are implementing accelerated programs to train them. To shorten the process, these programs cut training time from up to four years down to ...

A new program offered at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga is addressing the state's nursing shortage with a new nursing program that will take three semesters instead of five, allowing students ...

Yeshiva University is establishing a new nursing facility for students in midtown Manhattan. The university aims to meet the pressing need for nurses with a fast-track program slated to commence this ...

Walk into almost any Texas hospital or clinic right now and you’ll hear some version of the same thing: we need more nurses, and we need them yesterday. For career changers, parents returning to the ...

VCU is expanding its nursing program to help fill Virginia's shortage of 17,000 registered nurses by adding hundreds of new ...

Cayuga Community College and SUNY Upstate Medical University will open two accelerated nursing degree tracks in fall 2026 to help ease Central New York’s healthcare staffing shortfall. The programs ...

The Virginia Board of Nursing is implementing changes to improve the quality of training, availability of training and the hiring process of qualified nurse aides in the Commonwealth. “Today’s actions ...