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Galen College of Nursing has added an associate degree for licensed vocational nurses to become registered nurses.
Formerly known as the Galen Health Institute School of Nursing, the college has added a dean and next year will move to a larger campus in the South Texas Medical Center.
College officials say the program is needed to help bring more nurses into the work force. About one in every 10 nursing jobs at Texas hospitals is vacant, according to the Texas Department of Health.
“This comes at a time when the state of Texas faces a critical shortage of RNs,” said the college's dean, Regina C. Aune. “This will enable Galen to contribute to the number of qualified registered nurses in the San Antonio health care work force.”
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As Galen Health Institute, the school has trained LVNs since 1990. The degreed RN program was approved by the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board earlier this year and allowed the institution to call itself a college.
The college is making a multimillion-dollar investment in 24,000 square feet of new facilities and equipment in the One Technology Center to accommodate an increase in enrollment.
Aune was tapped to head the school after retiring as a colonel from a 28-year career as an Air Force flight nurse, administrator and commander.
Galen has campuses in four states and is based in Louisville, Ky.
San Antonio nursing schools, like most in the country, have had to turn away qualified applicants as they struggle with a faculty shortage. The health care industry, meanwhile, is hard pressed to recruit enough nurses, especially RNs, to deal with the increased needs of aging population and to replace the large percentage of nurses retiring.
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Thanks for the great post, I started my career in nursing after finishing a associate degree in nursing from associate degree nursing schools