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Featured Article... The center, which is overseen by an advisory board of professional nurses, predominantly works with industry professionals and educational institutions to ensure that Illinois will have the nursing workforce, including RN's and RN to BSN, necessary to meet the demands of a growing and aging population. In addition, the center is looking at ways to retain nurses in the field and recruit students into nursing. The legislation that established the Illinois Center for Nursing also created scholarships for nurse educators willing to commit to teaching in Illinois, and created the Illinois Nurse Educator Loan Repayment Program, which will allow current nurse educators to $5,000 in student loan forgiveness a year for up to four years. The nursing shortage epidemic in the U.S. is expected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for heath care grows. Recent projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predict that more than one million new and replacement nurses will be needed by 2016. My Nursing Degree is helping more students find their chosen path in nursing while at the same time helping to curb the nursing shortage epidemic. After all it's the small steps that count. Read more about the U.S. nursing shortage.
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