State To Double Community College LPN Training Program

Harmony, NH – At the moment, Governor Chris Sununu issued the next assertion after the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee voted to just accept and expend a $2.6M ARPA-funded growth of the Neighborhood School System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) licensed sensible nurse (LPN) coaching program.

“To make investments into our economic system, we should make mandatory investments into our workforce – and doubling our LPN nursing program is the appropriate transfer,” stated Governor Chris Sununu. “We stay dedicated to assembly the wants of our well being care system and I commend the Fiscal Committee for approving our request in order that we are able to proceed our ahead momentum.”

The funding will increase the healthcare workforce pipeline by doubling the State’s LPN workforce programming to fulfill crucial wants in hospitals, long-term care amenities, and different healthcare settings.

The Neighborhood School System of New Hampshire LPN coaching program was first launched in 2020 at River Valley Neighborhood School in Claremont and subsequently expanded to Laconia and Littleton. This system will be accomplished inside one yr of examine and gives rapid entry into the LPN degree of nursing workforce. This system additionally gives LPN graduates with a chance to proceed their schooling and progress to the RN degree, thus offering a gradual pipeline of LPNs and profession ladders to fulfill the wants that additionally exist in New Hampshire for RN-level nurses.

At the moment’s growth of the LPN program follows Governor Chris Sununu’s profitable efforts to develop nursing throughout New Hampshire. In 2019, the state dedicated $9 million to double the quantity of RN nurses at UNH, and final yr, Governor Chris Sununu lower the ribbon on UNH’s new state-of-the-art Well being Sciences Simulation Middle, which can permit UNH to “develop applications to handle the crucial well being care workforce scarcity in New Hampshire,” and “double the variety of graduates in nursing and different scientific disciplines.”

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