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Georgia needs nurses stat. That’s medical-speak for immediately.

Georgia Gwinnett College’s (GGC) nursing program faculty welcomed about 50 students from Discovery High School in Lawrenceville to campus to learn more about nursing careers. The students, who are in a health sciences concentration, learned about being a nurse and had the opportunity to put their skills to work in the program’s clinical learning space and simulation lab. The students also learned about careers in public health and patient navigation in GGC’s health science program.

GGC’s nursing program is educating and training the future nurses that the state desperately needs. They graduate with their bachelor’s degree in nursing and are prepared to take the NCLEX to earn their license to be a registered nurse (RN). In the past four years, GGC’s nursing students passed the exam on the first try at 93.71 percent, which is the second highest rate in the state of Georgia.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), by the year 2030, the state of Georgia will need 101,000 RNs, but only have about 98,800. On a national level, the BLS projects there will be about 194,500 openings for RNs annually.

View and download Discovery student visit gallery photos.