Belmont University has scheduled a news conference for 1:30 p.m., Monday, August 15, to announce a significant partnership announcement regarding its Partners in Nursing Consortium, a long-term partnership between Belmont University, HCA and TriStar Health System, and other select Tennessee colleges and universities. The consortium was created to address the growing shortage of registered nurses in Tennessee. The press conference will be in front of construction site where the Gordon E. Inman Health Sciences Building is now under construction along Wedgewood Avenue on the campus of Belmont University.