Nursing Degree at Augusta Tech to Lower Vacancy

To have a share in a regular, unbroken flow of nurses, locally and statewide, Augusta Technical College, one of four technical colleges in the state of Georgia that has been approved to begin nursing program, will receive gladly 25 new students to its brand-new 2-year Associate Degree program in a year-and-a-half. To succeed in coming to the inside of the Nursing Program, the students must apply and compete to be chosen as the best qualified students. The clinical training of the students will be at University Hospital.

For the last fire years, the state of Georgia has been taking action with nursing shortage, and because older nurses give up their active into their 80’s and into their 90’s, the experts except the shortage will go on. By 2012, twenty thousand nurses will be required but twelve thousand will be available at the present rate.

The vacancy rate locally or in the state of Georgia is not as high as 15 percent national vacancy rate. It is expected that nursing programs at Augusta State University will decrease the vacancy rate for nurses.

We except the vacancy rate will be decreased  not only locally, but also nationally not only by Augusta Technical College, but also by other three technical colleges in the state of Georgia approved to start their nursing programs.

[Via wjbf.com]