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Legislature seeks nursing shortage fix recommendations
A legislative committee chair urged nursing groups to proposes solutions to boost Arkansas nurses or risk action by the legislature. Sen. Knox Nelson said after a year of addressing the issue the committee is ready to act, amid concerns over high failure rates on the national nursing licensure exam and calls that schools weed out weak students. The state has 17 nursing schools and recent exam results showed notable pass/fail splits among first-time and repeat test takers.
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Little Rock
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
Public Health, Education and Welfare
Arkansas
L. L
Doc” Bryan
Russellville
State Board of Nursing
Maxine Otey
Nursing Board