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USF Nursing College Gets Grant To Allow More Students
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Published: October 27, 2008
TAMPA - The University of South Florida's College of Nursing received a $3.5 million federal grant to hire more faculty and enroll more students to fill a growing nursing shortage.
With the money from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the nursing college will establish the VA Nursing Academy, which allows USF and the nearby James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital to hire five faculty members.
Competition for seats in USF's nursing school has been heightened because the college lacks enough qualified nursing faculty.
As a result of the program, as many as 100 new nurses can graduate with a bachelor's degree in the next four years, said U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, who announced the initiative today at a news conference.
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