LSU Health Sciences New Orleans is expanding three accelerated nursing programs to north Louisiana with the goal of mitigating the state’s nursing shortage. Like many states, Louisiana’s nursing shortage has been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic. There are currently about 6,000 open nursing positions in the state. In June, Shreveport officials warned that the shortage
LSU expands programs to stem statewide nursing shortage
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