Source: US State of Pennsylvania
May 08, 2025 – Harrisburg, PA
ADVISORY – Shapiro Administration to Highlight Efforts to Recruit and Retain More Nurses in Pennsylvania at National Student Nurse Day Event
To celebrate National Student Nurse Day, officials from the Departments of Health, Labor and Industry, and Human Services will join leaders from HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, to highlight Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposed 2025-26 budget, which significantly invests in recruiting and retaining nurses in Pennsylvania. As Pennsylvania tackles a nursing shortage, offering incentives to nurses proves to be a successful strategy for recruiting and retaining high-quality practitioners.
The Governor’s budget proposal makes targeted investments to expand the health care workforce, including nurses, ensuring communities have access to high-quality health care. The budget proposal includes $5 million to expand the Department of Health’s Primary Care Loan Repayment Program, and a first-time state-level investment of $5 million to create the Nurse Shortage Assistance Program, which will provide funding to organizations that partner with hospitals and nursing schools to provide student loan repayment to nursing students who commit to a three-year work placement at Pennsylvania hospitals after graduation.
WHO:
Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Nancy A. Walker
Department of Health Special Advisor Dr. Robert Bonacci
Department of Human Services Deputy Secretary Sally Kozak
HACC President and CEO John J. “Ski” Sygielski, MBA, Ed.D.
HACC School of Health Science Associate Dean Cynthia L. Donell, MSN, RN
WHEN:
Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 2:00 PM
WHERE:
HACC’s Harrisburg Campus
Select Medical Health Education Pavilion
One HACC Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17110
MEDIA RSVP: Media interested in attending must RSVP with the name of the reporter and photojournalist to ra-dhpressoffice@pa.gov.