Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

PORTLAND, Maine - America needs nurses — and some schools are implementing accelerated programs to train them. To shorten the process, these programs cut training time from up to four years down to ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Twelve recent graduates of the fast-track nursing program at NMC were celebrated at a pinning ceremony Monday evening. Each one, recognized for their efforts as they marked the ...

A new program offered at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga is addressing the state's nursing shortage with a new nursing program that will take three semesters instead of five, allowing students ...

Maine schools are working to meet an increasing demand for more nurses in our communities, developing accelerated programs to help students earn their degree faster and get into the workforce sooner. ...

Inside a simulation lab at Pima Medical Institute, nursing students are drawing blood, hanging IV fluids and monitoring mock patients on high-tech manikins. It looks like a hospital floor, and that's ...