>> THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND FOCUS COMING UP.

HURRICANE SEASON IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE'LL LEARN HOW LEE COUNTY IS PREPARING FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER AND ALSO SOME CHANGES THAT ALL OF US NEED TO BE AWARE OF.

FINDING A SOLUTION TO FLORIDA'S NURSING SHORTAGE.

THE INITIATIVES THAT STATE UNIVERSITIES ARE TAKING RIGHT NOW TO RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS TO A DEPLETED FIELD AND FIGHTING FOR WORLD PEACE WHILE TRYING TO MAKE IT THE HOME.

WE'LL MEET THE IMMOKALEE TEENAGER WHO'S TAKING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING HIS HOMETOWN.

HELLO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MIKE WALTER.

WE'RE LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THE START OF THE 2026 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON AND OF EARLY PREDICTION.

STAY THE COURSE.

IT COULD BE ANOTHER QUIET YEAR AS PART OF THEIR SEASONAL HURRICANE FORECASTING.

THE WEATHER EXPERTS SAID COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ARE ESTIMATING 13 NAMED STORMS THIS YEAR.

AND OF THOSE ONLY 2 ARE PREDICTED TO DEVELOP INTO MAJOR STORMS.

BOTH THOSE NUMBERS SLIGHTLY BELOW.

THE AVERAGE IS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

HOWEVER, WARMER OCEAN TEMPERATURES AND GULF CURRENTS STILL CREATE A SENSE OF UNPREDICTABILITY.

LOCAL LEADERS ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES WHEN IT COMES TO PREPARATIONS.

JOINING US NOW IS LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CHIEF JOHN SCHULTZ.

JOHN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

MY GLAD TO BE HERE AGAIN.

>> LET'S START WITH THIS ONE.

WHAT OR LET'S SAY TO MOST CRITICAL THINGS FOR ALL OF US TO NOT THINK ABOUT.

BUT DO RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY.

>> START THINKING ABOUT HURRICANE SEASON, RIGHT?

WE WANT TO ALWAYS BE PREPARED.

HAVE A PLAN, ESPECIALLY THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE.

YOU KNOW, THIS, OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY OR OUR CHILDREN MAKE SURE THAT WE ALREADY START THINKING ABOUT HAVING A PLAN THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY, IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START PLANNING.

>> YEAH, LAST YEAR WE HAD NO MAJOR THREATS HERE.

WE HAD THE LEN FALLS.

HOW WORRIED ARE YOU THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLACENT?

>> IT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN.

YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE ARE NEW ARRIVALS TO THE AREA THAT COME IN AND VISIT AND NOT ONLY MOVE HERE, BUT GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY USING THESE KINDS OF MEDIA, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH OUTREACH EVENTS TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT THERE AFTER THE STORM SEASON LAST YEAR, WHICH WE SAW NO MAJOR STORMS OF IMPACT IN OUR AREA.

WE ALL WANT PEOPLE TO GET COMPLACENT AND ONLY TAKES ONE STORM AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO KEEP THAT IN THEIR MIND AS THEY MAKE THEIR PLANS.

AND THAT'S HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT?

>> THE FEMA.

>> AND AND ITS ABILITY TO STEP UP AND HELP IN CASE OF DAMAGE FOR DAMAGING STORM.

GIVEN ALL THE TALK ABOUT BUDGET CUTS AND SO ON.

STAFF KOCH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

>> SO LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE A IS INTERESTING DYNAMICS WITH STORMS THAT FAIRLY COUNTY, HOWEVER, IN TWENTY-TWENTY 4, WE HAD HURRICANE MILTON AND I CAN TELL YOU, MIKE, FEMA WAS THERE FOR US ON THE GROUND AND ASSISTED US WHEN WE NEEDED IT.

SO I DON'T HAVE TO MISS CONCERNS THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE HERE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, THE NATIONAL HURRICANE SERVICE, THEIR PERSONNEL AS AS WITH THIS ALL THE TIME, I SPEAK TO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND SO THEY'RE REALLY THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THOSE CRITICAL WHAT IS YOUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL IN?

>> THE STATE OF FLORIDA SUPPORT AND COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY IN CASE OF DAMAGE.

>> F THEM, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS SECOND TO NONE COMING GUTHRIE'S CREW.

AND AGAIN, I TALKED TO THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

IN FACT, I TALKED TO THEM YESTERDAY.

I WATCHED KEVIN'S A PERFORMANCE WITH A FEMA REVISION COMMITTEE YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON AND I'M I'M EXCITED WHERE THEY'RE TAKING THE AGENCY.

FEMA.

AND WITH KEVIN'S LEADERSHIP.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE A MORE EFFICIENT AGENCY AND JUST ALL THE SUCCESSES THAT HE'S DONE HERE IN FLORIDA.

>> WHAT IS NEW, IF ANYTHING, ON FLOOD ZONES IN LEE COUNTY AND ALSO SHELTERS AND THE SHELTER SPACE.

>> NOTHING WE STAR USING THE SAME SHELTER SYSTEM THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

THE FLOOD ZONES ARE STILL THE SAME.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE USE AND MORE TECHNOLOGY.

WE PUT THE WE ARE NEARLY 30 WEATHER STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY TO HELP US GAUGE WHERE WIND SPEEDS AROUND.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO DEPLOYED 17 TITLE GAUGES WHICH HELP AUGMENT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

AND I KNOW IS A TIDAL GAUGES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

THAT'S WHAT ABOUT CHANGES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN THE CONES.

>> AND THEN THIS WHOLE FORECAST CONE BUSINESS.

>> HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR ROLE?

AND RESIDENTS AND YOU THINK PEOPLE GET MORE CONFUSED.

>> THEN THAN HELPED BY ALL OF THESE CHANGES EVERY YEAR.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK AS TIME GOES ON, I THINK WE'RE ALL REALIZING THAT WHEN WE FIRST GOT IN THIS BUSINESS, THE MODELING WAS IT A LITTLE BIT SUSPECT?

MAYBE THERE WAS A KIND OF A WIDE AREA, BUT I FIND THAT WAS A NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

THE DEPLOYMENT OF SATELLITES, THEY'RE TIGHTENING THEIR MODELS.

AND I THINK THIS IS JUST THE KIND OF A NATURAL EVOLUTION OF TRYING TO GET THAT CONE MORE AS ALIGNED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE INFORMED DECISIONS WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART?

>> WHICH IN YOUR EMOTIONS HEADING INTO THIS HURRICANE SEASON?

>> WELL, I'M ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC.

I'M OPTIMISTIC BY NATURE.

A WERE YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER TEAM TO CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE THIS SITUATION BEFORE AND I KNOW WE'D BE ABLE TO STEP UP AGAIN AND IN 2024.

WITH HURRICANE MILTON, SOME OF THE FEMA PEOPLE THAT CAME IN AND HELPED US.

THEY WERE AMAZED BY THE RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY MADE MANY COMMENTS TO ME ABOUT HOW RESILIENT OUR COUNT COMMUNITY WAS.

>> ALL RIGHT, JOHN SHOALS, LEE COUNTY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CHIEF, THANKS SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US AND SHARING.

THESE ARE GREAT POINT.

YOU MADE.

>> THANK YOU, MIKE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

>> COMING UP, THE FIGHT AGAINST THE NURSING SHORTAGE IN FLORIDA.

>> THE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS LOOKING TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

FRIDAY MARKS THE 81ST CELEBRATION OF THE EPA WILL NOT SEE GERMANY SURRENDERED TO ALLIED FORCES BRINGING AN END TO THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT DURING WORLD WAR.

2, THIS COINCIDES WITH A NEW EXHIBIT IN NAPLES THAT TAKES A LOOK AT THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR.

IT'S ON DISPLAY AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND COHEN, EDUCATION CENTER.

WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE HAS MORE.

>> FOR MORE ON THE NEW EXHIBIT CAUGHT ON FILM THE WAR TIME PHOTOGRAPHY OF CAN REGULATE AND THE U.S.

ARMY SIGNAL CORPS.

I'M JOINED BY CODY RADA MAKER, CURATOR OF THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND COHEN EDUCATION CENTER IN NAPLES, MR.

ADAM BAKER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

SO THIS NEW EXHIBIT LOOKS TO GIVE VISITORS BEHIND THE SCENE.

LOOK AT THE ALLIED EFFORTS ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING WORLD WAR.

2.

SO HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT BUILDING A CURATION OVER DURATION OF THE ENTIRE CONFLICT?

ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT YOU HAD TO FOCUS ON DURING BUILDING THIS DISPLAY?

>> WHEN IT COMES TO OF THIS COLLECTION IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT IT IS A UNIQUE COLLECTION THAT WAS ACTUALLY COMPILED FROM MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE DAY TO THE END OF WORLD WAR 2 EFFECTIVELY, INCLUDING SOME IMAGES LIKE MUGSHOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LATER BE TRIED IN WHAT WERE CALLED THE NUREMBERG TRIALS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL, WHICH WAS THE FIRST BIG ONE.

SO FORTUNATELY, KEN, HOW EVERY CAME TO ACQUIRE THIS COLLECTION OF PHOTOS.

I SUSPECT HE GOT IT FROM HIS FRIENDS IN THE SIGNAL CORPS JUST BROADLY BECAUSE HE WAS ACTUALLY A FILM, A FILM FOR TO LIKE ACTUAL MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE ARMY SO I BELIEVE THEY ACTUALLY CURATED FOR HIM.

SO IT BECAME MORE MAKING SURE WE HIT KEY POINTS IN THE WAR RATHER THAN HAVING 2 REALLY PICK AND CHOOSE FROM 1939.

TO 45 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT WAS MORE ACTUALLY FROM D-DAY.

2 NUMBERED EFFECTIVELY.

SO IT WAS MORE OF MAKING SURE WE HIT KEY POINTS AND FOUND POIGNANT IMAGES WITHIN A 200 PLUS PHOTO COLLECTION.

SO THAT WAS TRICKY.

BUT IT VERY SATISFYING.

AND I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB >> AND THEN FOR ONE OF THOSE DATES IN BETWEEN THAT TIMELINE WOULD BE VE DAY, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY SIGNIFYING THE END OF WORLD WAR 2, WHEN THE NAZIS SURRENDERED TO ALLIED FORCES.

SO ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT CAPTURE THE CELEBRATION OF THE WAR COMING TO AN END?

>> YES, ONE OF OUR KEY PIECES RELATED TO HUNTER IS A GREAT PHOTO OF DISPLACED PERSON CELEBRATING.

IT'S ACTUALLY A COLLECTION OF WOMEN WHO WERE DISPLACED PERSONS OF PEOPLE AFTER THE WAR.

OUR SHORTLY AFTER LIBERATION EFFECTIVELY, THAT EITHER COULD NOT GO HOME BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SAFE.

IT WAS NOT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FOR A VARIETY REASONS WERE ACTUALLY HOLDING UP A COLLECTION OF FLAGS THAT THEY MADE UP THE DIFFERENT ALLIES.

SO YOU HAD BELGIUM, FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES AND THEY LOOK SO JOYOUS.

IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL MOMENT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE LOOK TO TO, TO CAPTURE WITH PARK WITH A FEW OF OUR FOTOS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A GREAT IMAGE OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE AFTER ITS LIBERATION.

SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT NOT ONLY DID WE GET THE SIGNAL COURSEWORK TIME PHOTOGRAPHY OF WHICH IS WHAT THEIR MAIN CHARGE WAS TO DO.

ACTUALLY DOCUMENT HOW THINGS WERE GOING ON THE FRONT LINES, BUT ALSO THE JOYOUS MOMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAD WHEN THEY WERE.

CELEBRATING THERE ESCAPE FROM NOT SEE RULE I THINK THE FUEL FOR DISPLACED PERSONS, PHOTOS IN PARTICULAR SHOW THAT.

>> AND SO THE MAN BEHIND THE EXHIBIT CAN READ L, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT HE WORKED WITH THESE SIGNAL CORPS TO GET PHOTOS BECAUSE HE WAS PRIMARY LEE, A VIDEOGRAPHER AT THE TIME OUT THERE.

SO DID HE SERVE AND CAPTURE THIS THROUGH?

START TO FINISH.

WAS HE OUT DURING THE ENTIRE DURATION OF AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR 2, WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HIM?

>> THE BIG THING TO KNOW ABOUT KEN IS THAT HE WAS DOING A VERY UNIQUE ASPECT AND SOMETHING PEOPLE REALLY DON'T THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO CONFLICT, WHICH IS DOCUMENTING THE CONFLICT AS SOMEONE WHO WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH A JEEP NAMED AFTER HIS WIFE, HIS FUTURE WIFE, OF PEORIA.

IT'S KHAN HIMSELF WAS ACTUALLY HAD A BELL AND HOWELL CAMERA AND WAS TAKING FOOTAGE, WHICH THEN HE WOULD TAKE BACK TO LIKE MOBILE DEVELOPING STATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THEY COULD TAKE THE FOOTAGE AND THE DOCUMENTATION AND SEND IT BACK TO LIKE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED FORCES.

SO THEY COULD BETTER MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ON WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE GROUND.

THIS WORK COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE AS I LIKE TO PUT IT, SOME OF THESE PHOTOS ARE LITERALLY FROM D-DAY.

IMAGINE BEING ON ONE OF THOSE LANDING CRAFT AND NOT HAVING LIKE AN M ONE GRAND OR EVEN MORE LIKE A A. BROWNING MACHINE GUN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN YOUR HANDS.

BUT YOU HAVE A PHOTO LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH, A CAMERA OR AGAIN, A MOTION PICTURE CAMERA AND YOU ARE TASKED WITH TAKING PICTURES.

WALL PART, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY HIDING FROM ENEMY FIRE.

AND YOU GOT SO RISKY THAT PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN SILVER STARS FOR THE RISKS.

THEY TOOK TO DOCUMENT THEIR WORK DURING THE CONFLICT WAS A WAS A BIG CHALLENGE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT.

>> AND THEN THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT FIXTURE AT THE MUSEUM.

>> SO HOW LONG DO HISTORY LOVERS HAVE TO COME?

CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING EXHIBIT.

>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE PLANNING UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER OR ROUGHLY PUSH SHOULD IN SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER THAT WERE PLANNED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A AND EXHIBIT COMING IN FOR A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE THE NEXT MAJOR EXHIBIT INJURY IN JANUARY.

SO IT SHOULD BE IN OCTOBER.

SO PLEASE, WE'VE GOT TO SEE YOU.

COME IN.

YOU LEARN THE STORY AND LEARN ABOUT THE SIGNAL CORPS AND SEE THE KIND OF WORK THAT OUR TROOPS WERE DOING TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ULTIMATELY CREATE A VISUAL RECORD OF THE WAR FOR US.

WELL, CAUGHT ON FILM THE WAR TIME PHOTOGRAPHY.

>> OF CAN READ L AND THE U.S.

ARMY SIGNAL CORPS ON DISPLAY NOW AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, COHEN EDUCATION CENTER, MR.

RUDD MAKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

THIS HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.

>> THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND COHEN EDUCATION CENTER IS OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM 01:00PM TO 4.30, AND FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN HEAD TO H M C E C DOT OR WELL.

FLORIDA IS IN THE MIDST OF A MAJOR NURSING SHORTAGE AND THE STATE IS FIGHTING THE RAPID DECLINE BY INVESTING IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS THIS WEEK, THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS THROUGH ITS PIPELINE AND LINE FALLS.

NOW THESE FINANCES, EXPAND NURSING PROGRAMS AND SUPPLY SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS WHO ARE MAJORING IN WGCUS KATE CRONIN HAS MORE ON THE IMPACT.

THESE PROGRAMS ARE HAVING RIGHT HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

>> NURSES ARE THE BACKBONE IN THE HEALTH CARE IN THE HOSPITAL INDUSTRY.

THEY KEEP PATIENTS SAFE ADVOCATE FOR THEIR NEEDS AND ALSO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE.

BUT HOSPITALS COULD BE IN TROUBLE AS THE FLORIDA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION REPORTED, WE COULD SEE A SHORTAGE OF CLOSE TO 60,000 NURSES BY TWENTY-THIRTY 7.

TO LEARN ABOUT COMBATING THE SHORTAGE.

I'M JOINED BY ANGELA VITALY.

DO YOU KNOW THE NURSING THAT RESCUE SCENE UNIVERSITY?

FORT MYERS CAMPUS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

MISTER TALLEY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, KATE.

>> AND NOW RASMUSSEN BELIEVES IT HAS THE SOLUTION TO THESE CHALLENGES.

THE NURSES ARE FACING WHEN THEY'RE WORKING TO GET THEIR ACCREDITATION BALANCING WORK, FAMILY AND THEIR EDUCATION YOU HAVE THIS NEW PRACTICAL NURSING DIPLOMA PROGRAM THAT CAN BE COMPLETED IN AS FEW AS 15 MONTHS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ON THE WEEKENDS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHY RASMUSSEN MADE THE SWITCH TO FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY CLASSES.

SURE.

THANK YOU.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> IT'S CHALLENGING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO.

>> TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY WORK IF YOU NEED TO, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

IN ORDER TO HELP.

PROVIDE AN EDUCATION INTO NURSING THE WEEKEND PROGRAM, WHICH IS FRIDAY, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS ALLOWS THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR STUDENTS TO GO OUT THERE AND HAVE THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO, TAKE CARE OF FAMILY AND ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF IS THERE WITH THE SHORTER TIME FRAME THAT ALLOWS US TO GET YOU READY AND OUT INTO THE NURSING WORLD, TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY, HEALTH CARE NEEDS.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, LESS THAN 15 MONTHS.

SO IS THE ABILITY TO JUST KEEP ON GOING TO SCHOOL AND DOING WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF DOING WHILE STILL TAKING CARE OF THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.

>> SO IT'S INCREDIBLE.

AND NOW I READ THAT THIS PROGRAM IS ALREADY IN PLACE AT YOUR TAMPA, ORLANDO AND YOUR CENTRAL PASCO CAMPUSES.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT KIND OF RESULTS HERE SEEING OVER THERE?

>> YES, SO IT IS ALREADY IN PLACE AND MULTIPLE OTHER RESCUES IN CAMPUSES AND THE RESULTS WERE SEEN AS THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH CARE NEEDS IN A QUICKER FASHION AND ALLOWING THEM TO ALSO CONTINUE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THEY HAVE IN THE WORLD TO DO.

WE KNOW IT'S A BUSY LIFESTYLE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO HELPING OTHERS FIND THAT.

DOOR TO MAKING THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE IN A SHORTER TIME FRAME PERMITS US TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY OUT.

PM PROGRAM, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS IS HERE TO ADDRESS THOSE SHORTAGES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND THE ABILITY TO DO IT IN A FASHION THAT HELPS OUR.

STUDENTS GET OUT THERE SOONER IS A WIN-WIN FOR US ALL THE WAY AROUND.

>> AND YOUR PRACTICAL NURSING DIPLOMA PROGRAMS.

ACCESSIBILITY GOES BEYOND JUST THESE FRIDAY TO SUNDAY CLASSES YOU OFFER ONLINE AND IN-PERSON OPTIONS WITH 8 DIFFERENT START DATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND NO PREREQUISITE COURSES NEEDED.

HE TOLD ME HOW THIS HELPS YOUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.

>> YES, IT GIVES THEM A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AND ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TOO, DO WHAT THEY NEED TO FOR HOME.

BUT IT ALSO GIVES THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN MEET ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL BETWEEN GOING TO CLASSES STUDYING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET INTO THOSE CLINICAL SETTING.

SO THEY GET THAT HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH PATIENTS.

IT ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TOO.

LET'S JUST SAY, BE ON THE TOP OF THEIR GAME AT ALL TIMES AND PROVIDES THEM THE MEANS TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THE PATIENTS THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN WE SAW THE FLORIDA CENTER FOR NURSING PREDICTED THAT THE NURSING WORKFORCE WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO MEET 55% OF DEMAND IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

IF THE CURRENT TRENDS WE'RE SEEING CONTINUE, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS CAUSING THIS NURSING SHORTAGE?

>> YOU KNOW, I WISH I KNEW THE ANSWERS TO WHAT WAS CAUSING IT IS WHO WE CAN ADDRESS ALL OF IT.

BUT THE NURSING SHORTAGE.

THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS.

AND IF YOU LOOK INTO THE STATISTICS, WE HAVE A LARGER OLDER POPULATION, NOT JUST IN FLORIDA, BUT ALSO ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A CHALLENGING FIELD, BUT IT IS TOTALLY WORTHWHILE TO THE END AS WE GET TO HELP ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING THEY DO.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

IT'S A UNFORTUNATELY PART OF THE WAY HEALTHCARE GO SOMETIMES AND AS WE CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES BY GETTING STUDENTS TO SCHOOL AND A MORE TIMELY MANNER.

THE OUR COMMUNITY CAN REAP THE BENEFITS.

>> AND THEN I READ THAT THE UNITED STATES WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE LARGEST POPULATION OF AMERICANS OVER 65 IN HISTORY.

LIKE YOU ARE SAYING THIS AGING POPULATION IS REALLY MORE NURSES.

HOW IF YOU SEEN THIS MOUNTING NEED FOR HEALTH SERVICES IMPACT YOUR SCHOOL?

>> THE NEED FOR HEALTH SERVICES AS IT'S GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT, NOT JUST ON OUR SCHOOLS NURSING PROGRAMS AS WE STRIVE TO MEET OUR NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY.

NOT ONLY BY PRODUCING NUMBERS BUT COMPETENT, COMPASSIONATE NURSES.

SO HAVING PROGRAMS LIKE OUR LPN PROGRAM, WHERE IS GOING TO BE JUST SAY 3 DAYS A WEEK WE CAN GET YOU THROUGH AND AS LITTLE AS 15 MONTHS AND GET YOU OUT THERE WORKING, WE CAN HELP MEET THOSE NEEDS A LOT FASTER >> YOU KNOW, I WISH MY COLLEGE WAS THAT ADAPTABLE, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IS WITH ALI.

THANK YOU.

>> AND COMING OFF, KATE'S REPORTING ON THE NURSING SHORTAGE HERE, SOME MORE ON THE IMPORTANCE AND HISTORY OF THE PROFESSION FROM THE WGCU NEWS FROM FOR TONIGHT.

AND GAIL ESTABLISHED THE WORLD'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL NURSING SCHOOL.

THAT WAS IN 18, 60.

IT WAS LOCATED AT THE MIKE IN GALLE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES.

THAT'S SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL IN LONDON.

AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH ALL OUR COVERAGE AND HEALTH CARE AND DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICINE BY LOGGING ONTO WGCU DOT ORG.

AFTER THE BREAK, BRINGING INTERNATIONAL IDEAS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN IMMOKALEE, THE 18 YEAR-OLD CHOSEN TO REPRESENT FLORIDA IN AS PART OF A GLOBAL PEACE INITIATIVE.

A TEENAGER FROM IMMOKALEE WILL TRAVEL TO ROME SHOWN TO TAKE PART IN A GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR PEACE.

ABOUT 40 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SOME OF THE MOST TROUBLED PLACES ON EARTH.

WILL COLLABORATE ON WAYS TO BRING PEACE BECAUSE THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES IMMOKALEE IS A LONGTIME FARMWORKERS COMMUNITY.

AND RECENTLY THE SITE OF AGGRESSIVE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS WILLING TO GIVE HIS ALL TO MAKE HIS HOMETOWN A BETTER PLACE.

18 YEAR-OLD SOL RIOS TOOK THIS VIDEO OF AGENTS DETAINING SUSPECTED UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE NEAR IMMOKALEE.

>> YOUR HEART SINK AND YOUR NEW HIGH 6 YEARS TO MAKING IT JUST FEELING ALL SORT OF WAYS THAT YOU LIKE THE UNEXPECTED AND IS IN THE UNKNOWING THIS AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

>> RIO SAYS HE WAS STUNNED.

I THOUGHT HE SAW THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AROUND IMMOKALEE AND BY ACTIONS IN MINNESOTA THAT LED TO THE KILLINGS OF 2 U.S.

CITIZENS.

>> AS MUCH AS IT BROKE ME UNLESS THE HOPELESS.

REDDICK LED ME TO BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING CHANGE.

>> NOW A GROUP CALLED PROJECT OXYGEN WILL GIVE REYES AND OTHERS A WAY TO MAKE CHANGE TO WORK FOR PEACE.

TEENAGERS FROM THE UKRAINE WILL JOIN THE GROUP IN ROME AND SO WILL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO'VE GROWN UP IN THE BRUTAL CIVIL WAR IN SHOWDOWN.

PROJECT OXYGEN WAS FOUNDED BY KATHLEEN HAZARD.

SHE CREATED KIDS CONNECT UKRAINE A FEW YEARS AGO.

SHE SAYS YOUNG PEOPLE SURVIVING WAR AND DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWNS HAVE THIS IN COMMON.

>> THEY HAVE TO HOLD THEIR BREATH.

I MEAN, OUR KIDS IN UKRAINE WHO I WORK WITH SINCE 10 MONTHS INTO THE WAR THEY HOLD THEIR BREATH ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT MOMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A PLACE TO EXHALE.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM AWAY.

2.

TO JUST BREATHE AGAIN AND GET ON THE ACTIVE SIDE OF 3 OTHERS THAT THE OTHER BEING TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM >> THE CHURCH IS SAUL REYES IS APPLICATION OF HIS FEELINGS ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TOUCH HER.

SHE TALKED WITH US FROM HER HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA.

>> BUT HE TALKED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE HE KNEW WHERE WERE RIPPED OFF THE STREETS AND AND SENT TO ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ AND AND HOW.

HE HAD TO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF HIS COMMUNITY.

PRESSURE TALKED OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE TEAMS CHOSEN FOR THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

>> IT BROUGHT HER TO TEARS.

>> THE STORIES THE KIDS TOLD.

ABOUT THEIR REALITIES AND HOW.

I'M JUST THEY WERE.

MADE ME WANT TO PUT MY OUR SCRIPT WITH A LOOK GREAT.

BUT IT DID.

BUT ALSO GIVE THEM A WAY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> IT'S ALREADY A SAYS THE U.S.

CITIZEN WHO LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER, A U.S.

ARMY VETERAN AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HE'S GRADUATING FROM LOCKLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE OF 9 AMERICANS CHOSEN FOR THIS FIRST PEACE INITIATIVE.

HE'S ALSO BEEN DUAL ENROLLED AT FGCU AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE NAPLES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL.

HE IS ENROLLED TO START OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP LATER THIS SUMMER.

WHILE IN ROME, HE WILL BRAINSTORM WITH THE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AND COME BACK WITH A PEACE PLAN FOR IMMOKALEE.

>> CONSCIOUSNESS PLUS COME IN THE ENGLISH FANS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I SEE MYSELF COMING BACK ON TO THIS COMMUNITY AND BRING RAIN THAT CONSCIOUS AS BEING AN AWARENESS AND THEN FINDING WAYS TO CONNECT THE YOUTH TO CREATE CHANGE.

>> POPE LEO, THE 14TH IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH RADIUS OF THE OTHERS WHEN THEIR IN-ROOM, ACCORDING TO PROJECT OXYGEN REYES, HOPES TO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE POT OF AND SAYS HE'LL REMEMBER THE TEACHINGS OF ANOTHER.

>> FIGHTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.

THERE'S A QUOTE COME FROM MIND THAT THE KING CHANGE IS NOT COMING ON THE INEVITABLE WHEELS BUT DO CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE.

AND FOR ME LIKE THAT IS WHAT I KEEP CLOSE TO MY HEART.

IN IMMOKALEE, LIKE A LOT OF PLACES AROUND THE WORLD.

>> THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS RESILIENT PROJECT OXYGEN WANTS TO SEE WHETHER THAT PLUS THE HOPES AND THE ENERGY OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE SAUL REYES CAN GIVE PEACE A CHANCE.

SO RIOS IS THE ONLY TEENAGER FROM FLORIDA CHOSEN FOR THIS PEACE INITIATIVE.

HE'LL BE IN ROME THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE PROJECT.

OXYGEN SAYS IT RAISED AT LEAST $300,000 TO BRING ALL OF THE TEENAGERS TO ROME FOR THIS FIRST PEACE CONFERENCE.

BUT OUR NEXT BROADCAST, A CRUISE SHIP IS DOCKED AFTER AN OUTBREAK OF THE DEADLY HANTAVIRUS.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE DISEASE.

AND IF IT'S A CAUSE FOR MAJOR CONCERNS FOR ANYBODY PLANNING TO TRAVEL THANKS FOR JOINING US AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TO WGCU DOT ORG WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME RIGHT HERE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND FOCUS.