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Big Bend Community College was on the verge of reducing the enrollment of its registered nursing program this summer due to ongoing budget cuts.
Not wanting to see the local supply of RNs decrease, the two largest health care providers in BBCC’s service district stepped up to commit $120,000 ($60,000 each) to help pay a nursing faculty salary for the next two years.
The move by Samaritan Healthcare and Wenatchee Valley Medical Center (on behalf of Moses Lake Clinic) means BBCC’s RN program won’t be reduced from 24 students to 18 this fall, said BBCC President Bill Bonaudi.
BBCC officials were...
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