<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/11-18/08-strengthening-the-nursing-workforce.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>College of Nursing</categories><pubDate>11/18/2025 01:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Strengthening the Nursing Workforce for a Changing Healthcare Landscape</title><sub-title/><description>Under the leadership of Dean Lori Escallier, Ph.D., RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN, Downstate’s College of Nursing is expanding its faculty at a time when nursing schools nationwide face educator shortages. </description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/11-18/_images/nursing-collage.png" alt="photo of Lori Escallier"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/11-18/08-strengthening-the-nursing-workforce.xml</loc><categories><category>College of Nursing</category></categories></item>