Nursing schools form coalition to attract students in MN

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nursing schools in Minnesota are joining forces to recruit more students in order to address a staffing shortage in hospitals and clinics that is only predicted to get worse. The University of Minnesota and Minnesota State have formed the Coalition for Nursing Excellence and Equity with a goal of making nursing education attractive to more students without increasing costs. The dean of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Connie White Delaney, says the status quo isn’t going to address the current nursing shortage or the even the greater one our state is facing in the very near future.