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Nursing program restored to combat shortage

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, February 3, 2006

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For the first time in 10 years, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) will open its doors to students seeking their bachelor's degree in nursing. The program is in high demand in California, where many of the state's other nursing programs have waiting lists of up to three years for admission.

UCLA's program will be funded by a $5.2 million grant from the University of California regents and calls for a new bachelor's program as well as the expansion of the graduate nursing program to include a master's-level clinical nursing program for students with no nursing experience. The undergraduate program will offer courses in case management, cost analysis and leadership, as well as more basic training.

The revival of the undergraduate program at UCLA is due in large part to the severe nursing shortage in California, which is expected to intensify as the state's population expands and ages, and as hospitals rush to comply with California's new law mandating one nurse for every five patients in most wards. According to a study conducted by the University of California at San Francisco, the number of unfilled nursing jobs in the state could exceed 122,000 by 2030.

Source: Los Angeles Times

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