JACKSON, Tenn. — June 25, 2014 — In the early 1960s, students who wanted to become nurses didn’t study on college campuses. They learned the profession in hospitals.
So when a few colleges and universities on the west coast began looking into establishing their own nursing education programs, it was a pioneering idea that caught the attention of administrators at Â鶹ÊÓƵ University.
At the same time, health care leaders in Jackson were calling for larger numbers of trained nurses.
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