Outdated California Law Forces 5,000 Nursing Students to Leave State for Clinical Rotations Amid Shortage

Outdated California Law Forces 5,000 Nursing Students to Leave State for Clinical Rotations Amid Shortage

As California faces one of the nation’s most severe nursing shortages, more than 5,000 distance-learning nursing students are being forced to leave the state each semester for required clinical training—a financial and logistical hurdle critics say worsens the crisis. “Over the last 10 years, California schools have turned away 250,000 qualified applicants,” said Blake Halladay, director of regulatory and legislative strategy affairs at Nighting…