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Two doctors and a nurse spoke at Voices from the Frontline, an event hosted by Alachua County Healthcare Workers for Gaza.

The House Health Care Appropriations subcommittee unanimously advanced the measure, and it next goes to the Health and Human Services Committee before a floor vote.

The survey of more than 500 programs by the Florida Center for Nursing also finds a decrease in nursing faculty. The reason: Qualified nurses earn more in clinical settings than academic ones.

Nursing burnout is an existential threat to hospital is exacerbating the ongoing nursing shortage. Central Florida hospitals are addressing the issues in a number of ways.

The measure would allow CNAs to become “qualified medication aides” and free up registered nurses to provide other needed care to residents.

All graduates of the nurse anesthesiologist program at Florida Gulf Coast University will have doctorates for the first time.

Federal authorities say three South Florida nursing school participated in a wire fraud scheme that they say created an illegal shortcut for aspiring nurses to get licensed and find employment.

Shift Change, of the UF Shands Arts in Medicine program, is an hourlong broadcast dedicated to uplifting Gainesville health care workers and the Shands Hospital community.

The Legislature approved a fund that includes funds for nursing programs at state colleges and nursing education at career and technical centers.

More than two years into the pandemic, parents face a child care crisis. That’s why some hospitals are considering starting child care centers to address recruitment and retention troubles.

More than two years into the pandemic, parents face a child care crisis. That’s why some hospitals are considering starting child care centers to address recruitment and retention troubles.

This additional funding toward the nursing industry comes after the pandemic revealed a nationwide shortage of nurses, including in Florida.