Job Demand, Good Pay Spur Growth in Nursing Programs
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Chelsey Strickland grew up watching her single mom work long shifts as a nurse at UPMC St. Margaret hospital to provide for her family.
That’s what led the Tarentum resident to enroll in nursing school at 25, despite, two years earlier, having earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
“I knew that, with nursing, you have that sense of always being secure with your finances. You will always be able to take care of your family,” said Strickland, a Deer Lakes graduate.
Farther south, D.J. Farkas of Connellsville watched his mother do the same thing as he grew up.
