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“Even pre-Covid, there was a dire need
for nurses,” Chad said. “The fact is
there is a national shortage of qualifi ed
nursing staff , and that has only been
exacerbated by Covid.”
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Aft er the initial cohort of 20 students,
the program will enroll up to 80
students per year. Upon graduation,
students will be qualifi ed to take the
NCLEX, the national licensure exam
for registered nurses. They will then
apply for licensure in the State of New
York.
“If we successfully produce nursing
graduates every 16 months, we can
start to make a real difference in
counteracting the attrition rate at hospitals,
which is due to not only retirement,
but transfer, resignation, and burnout
as well,” Laterza explained. “That fi lls a
tremendous need for our local hospital
systems.”
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