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Alarmed by a growing shortage of nurses, Florida lawmakers in 2009 eased regulations on the schools tasked with training them, inviting new institutions to enter the market. The results were swift: ...

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The goal was to quickly get new nursing programs up and running, and it worked. Within 18 months, more than 60 new nursing schools were approved. Since then, the number of nursing programs ballooned ...

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 ...

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