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At USF, Kathy Castor touts legislation to address growing need for more nurses

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Nursing is one of the fastest-growing occupations in the country. But despite that growth, the demand is still outpacing the supply. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1.2 million vacancies will emerge for registered nurses between 2014 and 2022. And according to Dr. Charles Lockwood, the medical dean of the University of South Florida’s Morsani School of Medicine, the gap may be even worse than anticipated. He says because the demand for nurses is going to expand with our changing health care delivery systems,…

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USF Health closer to downtown Tampa facility, but needs to pick up fundraising pace

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An ambitious new Medical Center for the University of South Florida may be closer to reality, but school officials need to step up fundraising if they are to hold up their share of the cost. That’s the message delivered to the USF board of trustees during a workshop update Nov. 30, as the college works toward developing its $152.6 million Morsani College of Medicine/USF Health Heart Institute in downtown Tampa. As reported by LobbyTools, the new complex would replace USF’s…

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