Amid staffing crisis, student nurses run into shortages in education too

EVERETT — Cora Booth could not have made it through a mental health crisis as a teen without the help of social workers.

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Booth, a 25-year-old who uses they/them pronouns, is attending a two-year registered nursing program at Everett Community College. They’re one of 79 nursing students hoping to join the workforce amid chronic understaffing at health care facilities across the state.

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“The biggest barrier for nursing education is that programs have limited spots,” said Jose Reyes, associate dean of nursing at the college.

State law limits each cohort to 40 slots, and the program has a maximum capacity of 279 students. The evening cohort, one of few in the region, expanded this fall from 24 slots, with at least $138,000 in state funding and approval from the Washington Board of Nursing.

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