Nursing

Community colleges are in trouble. That has implications for the national economy, which relies on community colleges to fill many of the jobs that have shortages.

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a health care staffing shortage in Washington, so the state Legislature this year provided more than $38 million to expand nursing programs statewide.

Shannon Zawilski used to spend all day on her feet as a nurse in an intensive care unit, or ICU. Now, she spends her 12-hour shifts watching a screen.She…

The University of Washington’s highly-ranked school of nursing is plagued with low-morale, internal strife and a lack of trust between faculty and the…