Forrest General invests in PRCC nursing bridge program
Forrest General invests in PRCC Nursing Bridge Program By Melissa Rademaker | March 1, 2021 at 8:07 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 8:07 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Forrest General Hospital is investing $90,000 in a new nursing bridge program at Pearl River Community College. It will help licensed practical nurses become registered nurses.
“Nursing has been at a multi-million person shortage for years, but the pandemic really gave us a hard push for the need for nursing in the Pine Belt,” said Phyllis Chambers-Berry, chief nursing officer at Forrest General Hospital said.
The bridge program will help LPNs earn their full RN degree.