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 ...

OCALA, Fla. — Officials from the College of Central Florida and the Ocala Metro Chamber & Economic Partnership celebrated the grand opening of the AdventHealth Center for Nursing on Thursday with a ...

Florida nursing school graduates ranked last in the nation for first-time pass rates on the national licensing exam in 2024, leaving the state vulnerable as its population ages. The state continues to ...

The test that a nurse needs to pass to get a license is called the National Council Licensure Examination, or N-CLEX. There are separate tests for registered nurses, or RNs, and practical nurse, or ...

FORT PIERCE — Dr. Patricia Gagliano, dean of the School of Nursing at Indian River State College (“The River”), was honored as a recipient of the News Service of Florida Above & Beyond award at the ...

In nursing homes across Florida, elderly residents have much to lose from the spending cuts proposed in Washington, D.C. Medicaid is the primary payer for nursing-home care in Florida — and the only ...

Newsweek and global data intelligence firm Statista ranked 1,200 nursing homes across the United States. Separate rankings were published based on size: 50-99 beds, 100-149 beds and more than 150 beds ...

TALLAHASSEE — After a decade-long legal fight, a federal judge has ordered Florida to stop putting children with “complex” medical conditions into nursing homes and help them receive care in their ...

State officials have suspended the license of the Woodlands assisted living facility in Cape Coral after staff and owners ignored a resident with a history of sexual aggression sexually assaulting ...