To address a critical nursing shortage, Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education is seeking $112 million in state funding.

The nursing shortage being felt across the nation has propelled many Pennsylvania healthcare systems to give nurses’ aides more access to training with local community colleges and universities.

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education is creating the state’s first credential registry to strengthen the workforce. 

Improvements to Pennsylvania’s nurse licensing process will allow new nursing school graduates to more quickly obtain a temporary practice permit as they study for their nursing exams, the state recently announced.

York College of Pennsylvania has completed updates to its Nursing Simulation Lab at the Dr. Donald E. and Lois J. Myers School of Nursing and Health Professions, with the help of a 2021 Memorial Health Fund Grant through the York County Community Foundation.

Mechanicsburg-based Vibra Healthcare has launched Vibra Travels as a travel nursing and health care staffing business.  “We’ve created a custom, flexible approach and we can quickly place quality talent wherever support is most needed,” Amy Slivinski, vice president of Vibra Travels, said in a release.  Vibra Travels originated last year as an internal service, recruiting ...

The Lebanon County Career and Technology Center’s licensed practical nursing program is looking for students. 

Lebanon Valley College announced Tuesday that Colleen Marshall will chair the college’s new nursing program, which welcomes its first class this fall. 

The Homeland Center in Harrisburg has received $75,000 from the Wilmington, Delaware-based WSFS Cares Foundation to support its Certified Nursing Assistant Academy Program.

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences has been a leader in the simulation-based education space, having participated as one of 10 facilities across the country chosen by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing for a landmark simulation study in 2011. 

Lebanon Valley College will break ground Friday on its new Nursing & Interdisciplinary Health Education Facility.

Pennsylvania senior housing, health care and community services trade association, LeadingAge PA, has appointed a new president and CEO. 

UPMC is set to bring its Pittsburgh-based UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing to Harrisburg through a partnership with Harrisburg University. 

A floating nurse program first used at WellSpan York Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic is now being used across WellSpan Health’s midstate hospitals. 

York College of Pennsylvania, a private, non-profit college located in South Central Pennsylvania, has announced the expansion of its online graduate programs to help meet growing demand in fields such as nursing and healthcare analytics.