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AP: Nursing programs at Mississippi's public universities are turning away hundreds of potential students every year because of insufficient faculty sizes.

Amid a nursing shortage that is worsening poor health outcomes in Mississippi, nursing programs at the state's public universities are turning away hundreds of potential students every year because of insufficient faculty sizes.

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning is requesting a $5 million increase in state funds to beef up nursing faculties at public universities.

Amid a nursing shortage that is worsening poor health outcomes in Mississippi, nursing programs at the state's public universities are turning away hundreds of potential students every year because of insufficient faculty sizes.

WASHINGTON -- Problems are mounting at hospitals across the nation as they try to deal with widespread staffing shortages, overworked nurses beaten down by the pandemic and a busted pipeline of new nurses. This has resulted in situations such as Mississippi, which doesn't have the medical workforce to address a wide range of poor health outcomes, from high rates of maternal and infant mortality to severe cases of diabetes that require the amputation of limbs, the state's top health officer said.