PORTLAND, Maine - America needs nurses — and some schools are implementing accelerated programs to train them. To shorten the process, these programs cut training time from up to four years down to ...

The Virginia Board of Nursing is implementing changes to improve the quality of training, availability of training and the hiring process of qualified nurse aides in the Commonwealth. “Today’s actions ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In an innovative approach to easing the chronic nursing shortage, the School of Nursing at the University of Buffalo, in partnership with the Catholic Health System and the Kaleida ...

North Central Michigan College is expanding scholarship support for its Fast Track health care programs in 2026.

As the Arizona nursing shortage continues, Grand Canyon University is joining with the Hospital Council of Southern Arizona to offer a fast-track nursing degree program in Tucson. Grand Canyon ...

PETOSKEY — North Central Michigan College and Bay Bluffs are partnering for a new CNA Fast Track Program. Led by two Bay Bluffs nurses, the Certified Nursing Aide program kicks off in October and will ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

An aging workforce coupled with an aging population have led the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to project that health care occupations will outpace all other categories in job growth over the next ...

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Researchers recently examined more than 1500 knee and hip replacement procedures conducted as part of a single institution’s fast-track protocol. At 1 year, patients in the fast-track program reported ...