Health & Fitness
Rutgers-Camden Teams Up With South Jersey Charter School To Ease Nursing Shortage
A nursing shortage is worsening across the country, but there's a new partnership with the goal of filling those open positions.
September 25, 2025
With an aging population and workforce and burnout since the pandemic, a nursing shortage is worsening across the country, but there's a new partnership in South Jersey with the goal of filling those open positions.
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"My grandmother was a nurse and I grew up watching her help people so I want to be just like her," said Gabriela Yachi, a senior at LEAP Academy Charter School in Camden.
Yachi is determined to follow in her grandmother's footsteps. She's enrolled in a partnership between the LEAP Academy and Rutgers-Camden, which empowers high schoolers to pursue nursing degrees while earning college credits.
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