Budget cuts force WNC to reduce nursing programs, eliminate others - Geoff Dornan, Record Courier

An overall general fund reduction of 6.9 percent mandated during last week's special session will force a cut of eight nursing student openings each in Carson City and Fallon. The Carson City campus will be able to admit 40 nursing students each year.Fallon, which admits just eight students each year, will drop to admitting eight every other year. Registered nursing is a two-year program.“We're just going to admit one group of freshmen and get them through the program, then admit another group two years later,” she said.