The Brief
- The University of South Florida is expanding its four-year nursing program to its St. Petersburg campus starting in fall 2026.
- There is currently a two-year accelerated program, and it’s been a boost to the area to help with the statewide nursing shortage.
- The program director hopes the new four-year program will keep more future nurses local to St. Petersburg and Pinellas County.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Nurses are part of the backbone in hospitals and there’s a critical shortage of them in Florida. The University of South Florida plans to help add more future nurses to the workforce by expanding its four-year nursing program to its St. Petersburg campus.
The backstory:
You can learn skills for patient care, but the drive and desire for nursing doesn’t come from a classroom.…