http://www.southwestobserver.com/house-bill-help-nursing-educators2823034 Comments for "House bill to help nursing educators" en http://www.southwestobserver.com/house-bill-help-nursing-educators2823034 <p>State Representatives Kevin Joyce (D-35th) and Jim Brosnahan (D-36th), along with state Sen. Ed Maloney (D-18th), have co-sponsored legislation in the Illinois House that would provide incentives to Illinois nursing educators. </p> <p>The bill would allocate $2 million for scholarships to nurses through the Illinois Department of Public Health.</p> <p>The legislation highlights a “critical shortage of nursing faculty” in nursing education, said Kay Thurn, interim dean at Saint Xavier University's School of Nursing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southwestobserver.com/house-bill-help-nursing-educators2823034">read more</a></p> http://www.southwestobserver.com/house-bill-help-nursing-educators2823034#comments Announcements Politics Schools Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:58:51 -0600 Michael Fielding 23034 at http://www.southwestobserver.com