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The Morning Show
Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 6:00am

The shortage of nurses and other healthcare workers in the U.S. persists, with a projected need for over 2 million new healthcare workers by 2025. At the same time, nursing schools routinely reject qualified applicants and are maintaining small class sizes and strict admissions policies. This National Nursing Week, we take a look at the nursing shortage and what nursing schools are doing to address it.  

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