STAT July 16, 2024
Michael Bloomberg’s donation of $1 billion to Johns Hopkins University to support medical education goes beyond similar gifts to other medical schools. The Bloomberg gift provides support to students in Hopkins’ schools of nursing and public health, not just in its medical school.
As health professionals and educators, we are thrilled to see philanthropists supporting the future of medical training in the U.S. But as nurses, we are left asking why nursing schools are often left out of philanthropic donations like these, even though nurses are the backbone of the health care system.
The more than 5.7 million registered and practical nurses in the U.S. represent the largest segment of the health care workforce. For 22 years, nurses have been...
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