RGV nurse apprenticeship to address medical staff shortage

The Monitor— The Rio Grande Valley is getting what educators and medical professionals say will be the first Registered Nurse Apprenticeship Track, which they hope will help address the current local and national nursing shortage.

The Monitor—Editorial: On National Nurses Week, we thank those who help address our chronic shortage. It’s National Nurses’ Week, a good time — there’s never a bad time, actually — to applaud those who have dedicated their careers to helping to provide healthcare services to everyone. It’s also proper to recognize the schools and faculty that have dedicated resources toward helping to address America’s chronic — and growing — shortage of nurses.

KFDI—Area colleges team up to address teacher shortage. Five Kansas colleges are teaming up to make secondary education degrees more attainable and affordable for future Kansas educators. Officials at Butler Community College, Cowley College, Friends University, Newman University and Southwestern College announced the joint effort

Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Staff shortages plague Honolulu’s 911 system. When Kenneth Jacob, a 75-year-old Waikiki resident, was attacked by a man on the Ala Moana bridge over the Ala Wai Canal, he yelled, “Call 911.”