The U. S. Department of Labor predicts that in just seven short years, the state of nursing in America could be on the critical list, with a shortage of one million nurses. To address this problem, Miami Dade College and the Robert Ross International University of Nursing (IUON) St. Kitts-Nevis have joined forces and signed an agreement aimed at training more nurses.
Sitting (l-r): Warren Ross, Pres., Intl. Univ. of Nursing president; Dr. Eduardo J. Padron, MDC president; standing (l-r): Dr. Robert Ross, Chairman of Bd., Intl. Univ. of Nursing; Anne Ross (Robert Ross wife)
Under the agreement, students enrolled in the two-year program will attend IUON in the Caribbean during the first year, and then transfer to MDCs nursing program at the Medical Center Campus for the second year. After successful completion of the program, students will receive an Associate in Science degree. The agreement will allow for 20 nursing students from IUON to attend MDC yearly. Baptist Health South Florida also announced that it will award 10 scholarships of $20,000 each to students in the program.
In the spring of 2008, the College will begin offering a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree.
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