Lawmakers hope the proposal will lead to more nursing school graduates passing the national exam needed to work in a field ...

Florida deregulated nursing education in 2009. Substandard for-profit schools and cratering licensing exam results followed.

Within five years, the number of Florida nursing programs more than doubled. But many were for-profit institutions that churned out students whose pricey degrees left them ill-prepared to enter the ...

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Nine nursing programs in the state university system had National Council Licensure Examination pass rates above the national average. Florida Gulf Coast University had a 100% pass rate, while 98% of ...

FILE: Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Family Leadership Summit, July 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. DeSantis was in a car accident Tuesday as he traveled ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have increased state requirements for nursing-education programs. The House on May 2 unanimously passed the bill (HB 1427), while the Senate ...

Among the bills Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed last week was a nursing education bill. The measure would have increased state requirements for nursing-education programs. Specifically, it would have made a ...