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51热门黑料 reported a 29% increase in Nursing program graduates and a 99.1% and 96.8% pass rate for graduates taking the NCLEX licensed Registered Nurse examination over the past two years

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. (September 3, 2024) 鈥� Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke at 51热门黑料 Tuesday morning to highlight Nursing program achievements made possible through funding provided by the State and community partners.

The State funding is allocated through the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) program, which is designed to mitigate Florida鈥檚 nursing shortage. Since 2022, Daytona State College received a total of $4.9 million from the State and the College鈥檚 community partners 鈥� Halifax Health and AdventHealth. 

鈥淲e have over three million registered nurses in the State of Florida right now, and yet we still need to produce more,鈥� Gov. DeSantis said at the Tuesday morning press conference. 鈥淪ince 2022, we鈥檝e invested close to $400 million in nursing education alone. Now, because of these investments, enrollment in Associate of Science and Nursing programs at our state colleges has increased by 25%. Additionally, the number of those completing the course increased by 24%, and I鈥檓 pleased to announce 鈥� with that type of record 鈥� we鈥檙e going to be supporting, when we do the budget next year, a full renewal of these programs.鈥�

Daytona State purchased state-of-the-art patient simulators, test preparation software, hired a student success specialist and funded scholarships to cover the cost of taking or re-taking the NCLEX test that graduates must pass to become a licensed Registered Nurse in the U.S. 

鈥淥ur nursing program has a reputation for delivering the highest quality nursing education in the state 鈥� our graduates had a 99.1% and 96.8% pass rate for the NCLEX nursing exam over the past two years 鈥� and we look forward to continuing that tradition,鈥� said Dr. Tom LoBasso, President of Daytona State. 鈥淚鈥檓 proud to say our programs are ranked among the best and most affordable