<p> The <a href="http://www.son.wisc.edu">School of Nursing</a> will offer a baccalaureate-nursing program and degree to students at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, one of the state's largest health-care networks. </p> <p> The nursing shortage both in Wisconsin and nationally is acute. One of the difficulties in training new nurses has been a lack of sufficient qualified instructors. Because practicing nurses at Gundersen will serve as faculty, the bachelor of science in nursing program can expand without requiring more instructors. </p> <p> The first class will have 12-14 students; eventually as many as 48 students will be enrolled, representing a net increase of almost 50 percent in the school's undergraduate enrollment. </p> The School of Nursing will offer a baccalaureate-nursing program and degree to students at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, one of the state's largest health-care networks. School of Nursing expanding to La Crosse 8325 2003-03-25T00:00:00-06:00 2003-02-26T00:00:00-06:00 65