Fairfield University opens satellite nursing campus in Austin

In the height of the pandemic, nurses worked the front lines of defense against the pandemic. Today, our nation’s healthcare industry faces new challenges with a critical nursing shortage. A report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics cites as many as 194,500 job openings for registered nurses each year over the next decade.

Building on the success of the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Sciences’ programs in Connecticut and this national need for new nurses, Fairfield University began exploring options for a satellite campus in other regions of the country.

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