Nursing
Registered Nurses are independent professionals, licensed by the state and legally responsible for their own practice. Their role in health care combines science and technology with the more personal arts of healing, counseling and education. Nursing is a career rich in options and opportunity that will challenge your mind and touch your heart.
Think about being a nurse:
- There are now over 75 different specialties in Nursing.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the nation will need at least 2.5 million RNs by the year 2020.
- The shortage of registered nurses in the U.S. is now estimated at 126,000 in hospitals, is projected to increase to more than 400,000 in all health care facilities by 2020.
