Doctoral programs in nursing are a huge trend as of late, and the latest college to hop on board is University of Saint Francis, who have just announced that they will be offering a nursing doctoral program starting next fall semester.

“It’s the future of health care,” Connolly said. “The doctoral program will allow the highest caliber of patient treatment. These will be higher-functioning practitioners - more involved in system…

We’ve said it before, but the news just keeps confirming it — even in spite of our economy’s current rollercoaster ride, new college graduates with nursing degrees are still finding plenty of jobs. Whether in hospitals or nursing homes, doctor’s offices or family clinics, a shortage of nurses lately has made it relatively easy for new nurses to find vacancies that need filling.

“The demand for our graduates is extremely…

Colleges all over the United States are hard at work, trying to find methods to solve the problem of the country’s nursing shortage. Here in California, officials at Fresno State University are continuing to push the envelope by petitioning to offer doctoral nursing degrees, normally the jurisdiction of the UC system and now a hot-button issue.

Assembly Bill 867, which would allow the program, has cleared two Assembly committees but…

This coming Tuesday, officials at San Diego’s Palomar College will be deciding on a measure that will change the face of associates degrees at the college. Up until now, Palomar has offered Associate of Arts degrees in Nursing, which require a rounded mix of history and humanities courses in conjunction with the technical aspects of the subject. Now, however, the school’s nursing education department is asking for approval of…