Nursing Degrees On the Rise in NY, Report Says
Lohud, The Journal News
ALBANY – The number of registered nurses graduating each year from New York colleges has more than doubled since the height of a nursing shortage in 2002, according to a new report. The survey of in-state colleges by the University at Albany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies showed the number of nursing graduations has increased in each of the past 13 years, from a low of 5,128 in 2002 to 11,141 last year.