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Pa. nurses had to wait months for licenses during 2021 COVID surges
More than half of the 12,000 nurses issued licenses to work in Pennsylvania last year waited for three months or longer to get them
Nurses in Pennsylvania waited months to get licenses to work during historic staffing shortage
NPR found Pennsylvania processed LPN applications more slowly than any other state and was among the slowest at issuing RN licenses last year.
More than one in four registered nurse positions went vacant, recent survey reports
Widespread medical provider staffing shortages are challenging hospitals’ ability to keep up with demand,
The University of Pennsylvania receives $125 million gift to start community nursing program, tuition-free
The University of Pennsylvania has received a $125 million donation to start a program to train nurse practitioners for free, the institution announced Monday.
Proposed Pennsylvania budget would help nurses, provide mental health services
Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed $43.7 billion budget includes money to improve behavioral health services and train more health care workers.
Pa. hospitals to get millions in federal relief to help hire, keep nurses
State Republicans and Democrats swiftly passed the initiative, which draws from federal American Rescue Plan funds that Pennsylvania got last March.