Johnson & Johnson's Campaign for Nursing's Future will host the "Promise of Nursing for South Carolina" gala to raise funds and provide scholarships to help ease the nursing shortage in South Carolina.
All funds raised from the event, which is being held in Charleston on Thursday, Nov. 3, will remain in South Carolina to support undergraduate nursing student scholarships, graduate nursing education fellowships to prepare nurse faculty and grants to South Carolina area nursing schools to help expand their program capacity.
Current predictions by HHS indicate that South Carolina is expected to experience more than 12,000 nursing position vacancies by 2020. The shortage predicted for South Carolina corresponds with national projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that estimate more than 1 million new and replacement nurses will be needed to meet U.S. population demands by 2016.
Organizations that comprise the steering committee behind the gala include AnMed Health in Anderson, Georgetown (S.C.) Hospital System, Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System, Palmetto Health in Columbia, Roper Saint Francis Healthcare in Charleston and South Carolina Hospital Association.
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All funds raised from the event, which is being held in Charleston on Thursday, Nov. 3, will remain in South Carolina to support undergraduate nursing student scholarships, graduate nursing education fellowships to prepare nurse faculty and grants to South Carolina area nursing schools to help expand their program capacity.
Current predictions by HHS indicate that South Carolina is expected to experience more than 12,000 nursing position vacancies by 2020. The shortage predicted for South Carolina corresponds with national projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that estimate more than 1 million new and replacement nurses will be needed to meet U.S. population demands by 2016.
Organizations that comprise the steering committee behind the gala include AnMed Health in Anderson, Georgetown (S.C.) Hospital System, Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System, Palmetto Health in Columbia, Roper Saint Francis Healthcare in Charleston and South Carolina Hospital Association.
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