UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College is launching an accelerated second bachelor’s degree nursing program in St. Petersburg, Fla. next month to address “the rising shortage of nurses” in that region and across the state of Florida.
The college cites information from the Orlando, Fla.–based Florida Center for Nursing indicating more than 15,000 nursing jobs went unfilled in the state in 2012. The Center projects the shortage will continue growing in the coming decade.
Utica College’s nursing program will offer students a nursing education with clinical hours at area hospitals and medical facilities to address the workforce “challenge,” the school said in a news release.
The program offers students with a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field the chance to finish nursing school in just 16 months.
It balances online courses with hands-on clinical rotations throughout the Tampa Bay region.
The simulation lab in St. Petersburg features the same medical technology used at hospitals and other healthcare settings, according to Utica College.
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredits the program, the school said.
The Florida Commission for Independent Education (provisional approval) and the New York State Education Department (NYSED)have also approved the program.
Graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.
The St. Petersburg accelerated nursing program builds on the “success” of Utica College’s accelerated nursing program in the Syracuse area, housed at the Thruway Office Building in Salina, the school said.
The Syracuse–area program’s first cohort started in January 2013 and graduated in April.
In an October 2013 interview with the Business Journal News Network, Utica College indicated it has partnered with Carmel, Ind.–based Orbis Education, which “creates, markets collaborative health-care education programs designed to alleviate the growing shortage of practitioners,” according to the Orbis Education website.
The St. Petersburg expansion is part of the partnership, Utica College said.
The Utica College logo is among those displayed on the Orbis Education website, along with others that include Marian University in Indianapolis and Northeastern University.
Founded in 1946, Utica College is an independently accredited private college.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
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