There s still a nursing shortage here in Southern Illinois as medical facilities continue to feel the pressure to put on quality care up against lingering restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program gives recently graduated nurses mentor-ship, guidance with experienced professionals, classroom and hands on education and more for their first twelve months.
CPS is offering universal pre-K for 4-year-olds in most of the city, but WBEZ found that thousands of seats are unfilled mostly in schools serving high numbers of low-income families with large majorities of Black or Latino children.