Midway University is implementing a Fast-Track Associate Degree Nursing Program. Partly, the aim is to see more nurses move into the hospital setting sooner. It’s based on a dual credit approach where high school students take courses in areas like English, College Algebra and Anatomy and Physiology with lab. These classes would normally be taken by students in the first semester. Dr. Diane Chlebowy is Midway Health Sciences Dean.
“We’ve had students who graduated from our associate degree in nursing program and within 12 months, one year, they’ve actually earned their bachelor’s degree. So, it just really does speed everything up in trying to really help with the shortage of nurses in practice,” said Chlebowy.
