Capella University Announces New Online Degrees
Capella University announced today that it has added two new online degree programs and three new specializations. The University is introducing an RN to BSN degree program, one of the most popular healthcare educational choices today. Because of the increased complexity of today’s health care environment, the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education [...]
All UK Nurses Will Need Degree in 2013
The Health Minister in Great Britain announced today that as of 2013, all nursing candidates must have completed a three year degree program at an accredited college of nursing. At the moment, most of the nurses in Britain obtain a diploma in nursing studies and then sit for the licensing exam.
Health Minister Ann Keen [...]
Lots of Opportunity in Health Care Technology
Health care and technology have been growth industries for years – and some of the best job openings today are in fields where health care and technology meet. Radiology technician schools are turning out professionals that have been trained to work with the ever-expanding diagnostic tools used in medicine today. Some of these [...]
Health Care Jobs in Georgia
Georgia’s Augusta Chronicle reports that for people who have the right educational credentials, there are lots of jobs in the health care sector. Bob Livonius, the CEO of Medfinders, a health care staffing and recruiting company, said he sees a need for certified nursing assistants, home health aides and personal companions who work in [...]
What’s a Jobless Recovery?
If you have been watching the headlines parade by in recent weeks you’d think the American economy has once again surfaced, sputtering for air. It’s been record days on Wall Street, a $1 billion quarter from Ford, as well as banks (B of A) and insurance companies (AIG) who took billions in federal subsidies [...]
University of Phoenix Opens Immersive Nurse Teaching Center
Across the street from its flagship campus, University of Phoenix is opening an “immersive learning center for nursing students. The facility is meant to provide quasi-clinical training through the use of wireless high-fidelity 3G “patient” mannequins that cry, talk, sweat, cough and breathe; and a high-fidelity baby that reacts to stimuli in the [...]
Ashworth College Named as Military Friendly School
Every year GI Jobs published a list of “military friendly” schools that are being acknowledged due to their special efforts on behalf of returning veterans. This year Ashworth College was added to the list, which was announced on October 23rd.
The list was compiled through research starting last May during which G.I. Jobs polled more [...]
School Helps Grads Earn a Quick BS in Nursing
A pledge of $200,000 in scholarship funds will help Marymount University in Arlington, VA address a critical, and growing, shortage of nursing professionals, according to a story in the Sun Gazette.
Twenty scholarships of $10,000 each will be provided to students enrolled in Marymount’s accelerated (four-semester) bachelor of science in nursing program, which is designed for [...]
Research Says Most College Students will Take Classes Online by 2014
Research firm Ambient Insight has conducted an in-depth analysis of the online education market and come up with some predictions based on current trends. According to an article in Campus Technology some 1.25 million students in higher education programs take all of their classes online, while another 10.65 million take some of their [...]
Associates Degree in Healthcare Fields Lead to Jobs
The Montana State University-College of Technology is graduating students in medical training programs that are finding their services are in high demand. All of them are students who opted for an associate’s degree because it’s a program that can be completed quickly and allow the graduate to go to work.
According to the Great Falls [...]
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