The campus features Egan’s full-time, 15-month nursing program, which gives students with a nonnursing bachelor’s degree the opportunity to pursue a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree in an accelerated format.
The campus features classrooms; skill labs; home care suites; and a 21-bed simulation center with simulated rooms, such as an intensive care unit and surgical suite. After completing the program, students will be eligible to sit for the National Council Licensure Exam to become registered nurses.
Employment opportunities for nurses in the next decade are projected to grow 15%, faster than all other occupations, according to a Fairfield University news release. Charisse Bodisch, senior vice president of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, said there are 82,300 health care workers in the Austin metro region.
The first cohort of students was admitted to the school in May with a second cohort to begin in January.
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