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Introducing New Online
Rapid growth in job
opportunities for nurses of multiple
skill levels means an increased need for nursing teachers
plus nurses trained in a variety of vocations from
hospital
work to nursing care facilities, in-home health care
services and more. In response to this need, helping both
employers and workers, NursingChoice.com has just opened
its doors, a new online nursing information resource
center.
The website features special
focus areas including: Nursing
Basics, Nursing Careers,
Nursing Degrees,
Nursing
Jobs, industry news, a contact area and more.
Online visitors can learn
more about all the nursing
programs available, along with education and training
requirements and licensure needed for each. Plus they can
find career tips and articles, job market information,
student services to help with information about Student
Loans, Grants, Scholarships,
Employment and Admissions, and
a lot more.
“There is a serious shortage
of nursing teachers and long
waiting lists to get into nursing schools today,” said
James Duggan, owner /
operator of NursingChoice.com.
Duggan established the site
to highlight helpful resources
to share with his daughter who just completed her
nursing
education and was seeking employment. He discovered these
interesting facts while researching the nursing industry,
based upon information from the U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Occupational Outlook Handbook
and The New York Times:
Nursing Facts:
• Registered nurses (RNs)
make up the largest health care
vocation, with 2.4 million jobs, an estimated 3 out of 5 of
which are in hospitals.
• Three main educational RN
programs are: a diploma from an
approved nursing program, an associate degree, a bachelor’s
degree. While Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) training is
about a year long and offered in roughly 1,200 vocational
or technical school programs.
• Among all occupations, the
second largest number of new
jobs is projected to be for RNs. And while there is an
expected decrease in number of LPN jobs in the hospital
field, there is a projected increased need for LPNs in
nursing care facilities, in home health care services and
in other areas where LPNs
will be retiring.
• A nationwide shortfall of
more than 800,000 nurses is
predicted by the US Government by the year 2020. And as
health care needs grow among increased elderly population,
so should the anticipated number of nurses entering the
industry.
NursingChoice.com provides
information for new students
trying to decide on a nursing career and offers help for
experienced RN's who want to continue their education and
reach higher levels. And it’s a place for targeted job and
career information, where most specialty and employment
opportunities are expected to be excellent, even though
some employers report difficulty in attracting and
retaining enough RNs. For more information, contact Nursing
Choice at: http://www.nursingchoice.com
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Linda Raye
is an accomplished writer and editor of
NursingChoice.com
website. Her main interest lies
in the
healthcare field with one of her passions being nursing.
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