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

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

Florida nursing school graduates ranked last in the nation for first-time pass rates on the national licensing exam in 2024, leaving the state vulnerable as its population ages. The state continues to ...

The New York-based university has added a hybrid nursing degree to its St. Petersburg location to prepare students for ...

Tallahassee-based Florida State University received a $10 million gift to expand its nurse education program. The gift comes from the Fairholme Foundation and is the largest-ever to the College of ...

United States Attorney Markenzy Lapointe speaks to the media about a network of nursing school operators, centered in South Florida, who allowed students to buy diplomas without the proper training as ...

Artificial intelligence isn’t just creeping into the health care workspace; it’s also entering the classroom. Florida State University has launched the Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Innovation ...

The test that a nurse needs to pass to get a license is called the National Council Licensure Examination, or N-CLEX. There are separate tests for registered nurses, or RNs, and practical nurse, or ...