State Lawmakers Urged To Address Nursing Shortage
February 11, 2009
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A Texas nursing organization is urging state lawmakers to provide $60 million to help fight a shortage of nurses.
According to a report in the Dallas Business Journal, the Texas Nursing Workforce Shortage Coalition is seeking the state funds as part of an effort to double the number of nurses graduating from the state's schools by 2013, to 13,000.
The funds would reportedly be used to add capacity at nursing schools, provide financial aid to students and provide incentives for schools to meet graduation and admissions goals.
"Nursing careers offer good-paying, recession-proof jobs. More nurses mean more hospital beds can be staffed-that’s a positive health and economic outcome that local chambers, businesses and taxpayers can and should support," Bill Hammon of the Texas Association of Business was quoted as saying in the report.
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