Governor says nearly $400M in nursing education investments is paying off
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a victory lap at a press conference in Daytona Beach, celebrating nearly $400 million in nursing investments over the last three years to educate and train nurses, the central nerve in the health care delivery workforce.
DeSantis, whose mother was a nurse, on Tuesday said there are more than 3 million registered nurses in the state. But he said that isn’t enough to gird the workforce against a growing and aging Baby Boomer population. DeSantis committed to continue funding two education programs aimed at increasing the number of working nurses in the state.
One program is called PIPELINE, an acronym that stands for “prepping institutions, programs, employers an...
