Healing the Nursing Shortage – Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, Montana graduates its first class of licensed nurses

Cheryl Richards, Flathead Valley Community College http://www.fvcc.edu/ nursing director, almost fell out of her chair when she was told last June the school wanted a Licensed Professional Nursing program http://www.fvcc.edu/academics/catalog/2005/Nursing.shtml up and running by January.

“A new program hadn’t been developed in years, and I had months,” she said.

But Richards pulled the transition off, and FVCC recently graduated its first class of LPN students, allowing seven women to complete their degrees while staying in the Flathead Valley and adding supply to the area’s growing demand for the profession.

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