Becker's Healthcare August 25, 2023
As Florida rebounds from its shortage of nurses, the Gainesville-based University of Florida’s College of Nursing enrolled a record number of nursing students for fall 2023 — and a few other nursing programs are noting the same.
Since its inception about 70 years ago, University of Florida’s College of Nursing has its largest class with 1,150 people set to pursue a BSN, a DNP or a PhD, according to an Aug. 22 news release. The incoming fall PhD cohort will have 10 students, which is 25 percent higher than a typical semester, and the number of RN-BSN students has grown by nearly 100 percent.
Another school in Florida, Miami Dade College, reported a 6 percent size increase in its...