Ashley Chappo and Aanya Niaz

Nursing scholarship aims to combat national shortages

With the baby boomer generation aging and beginning to retire, the University Medical Center is initiating a scholarship program to help combat a nationwide problem: nurse shortages. The scholarship program is a product of the University's Health Task Force, an umbrella organization for several sub-task forces composed of nurses and representatives in the University Medical Center human resources department seeking solutions for the rapidly declining numbers of nurses, according to Medical Center Administrator Jeff Chitester. Nursing Asst.