Medical organizations say Texas is on the brink of a nursing crisis.
After raising her children and getting straight A's in her basic college courses, Charlotte Knepp was ready to enter nursing school. But she had to wait two years to get in. Leslie Alexander also waited, but says a lot of qualified students don't. The lack of space in nursing programs is at the heart of a crisis in Texas hospitals. In Texas, one of the areas most in need of nurses in Dallas-Fort Worth.