RECENT GRADUATES FROM THE University of Rhode Island's College of Nursing will be among those to benefit from the new Rhode Island Coalition for the Future of Nursing, a program designed to serve unemployed and underemployed nurses and new nursing graduates while improving patient care in the state of Rhode Island. / COURTESY THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
(Updated, 12:45 p.m.) PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Action Coalition for the Future of Nursing announced Wednesday morning the launch of a $645,500 statewide clinical nurse residency and mentoring program. The announcement was made during a press conference at the Rhode Island Foundation that was attended by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, University of Rhode Island…