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Nursing and Healthcare Schools by State |
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Michigan Nursing and Healthcare Schools
Recruitment and retention of medical personnel is becoming a growing problem in Michigan. Although the current population of 10,079,985 citizens is not projected to increase much by the year 2020, the amount of elderly people will dramatically increase growing at 32% between 2000 and 2020. This poses issues of Long term health care needs and chronic disease prevention and control. These issues are a top focus of concern in Michigan’s Health care industry. 8.8% of Michigan's total workforce is currently employed in the health care industry. As these workers increase in age and reach retirement, not only will they leave vacancies in their current positions, many of them will also be in need of these long term health care services themselves.
Wanting to uphold their good reputation of quality care, Michigan is working to address these projected health care needs. As well the state is working to establishing a solution to the already existing shortages in nursing and other health care fields. Currently there are about 12 Nurse Practitioners to every 100,000 people. This is much lower than the national rate. Lpn's and Vocational nurses rate 41.5% below national averages, overall meaning that Michigan has only ½ of the nurses they need to care for their population. The shortage of RN’s is near 7000 and is expected to triple by the year 2015 leaving over 21,000 RN positions needing to be filled by qualified applicants!
With this kind of projected demand, job security, competitive wages and benefits are a great initiative to those interested in joining the health care industry in Michigan.
Michigan is working to improve and strengthen the health of their citizens. By educating residence on healthy lifestyles and practices they hope to improve the wellness and prevention of chronic health issues among their communities. Michigan has many programs designed to help recruit, train and employ well paid health care professionals. Michigan has made it possible through these programs for health care students and those working in the health care industry to be able to advance their training and gain the appropriate skills needed to fill these many important health related occupations. These programs also work with employers to ensure that the needs of the health care workers are met, helping employers to provide a good and safe working environment to offer competitive wages and benefits and work with their health care professionals in seeing that they are happy in their positions.
The state of Michigan continues to need qualified individuals to provide exceptional health care services to its residents. Now is a great time to become a part of Michigan’s Health Care Industry!
Nursing and healthcare salaries in Michigan
Salaries and benefits vary upon factors such as experience, facilities, and education. Below are average salaries for positions currently in high demand in Michigan.
- Head Nurses - $91,785-$100,231
- Staff Nurses - $65,645-$70,938
- ICU Nurses - $66,807-$72,444
- Emergency Nurses - $65,043-$71,291
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Everest Institute - has campuses in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Southfield, and Dearborn. They offer day and evening campus based courses.
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The College Network - Offers a wide variety of online nursing classes that are available to you from anywhere in the United States.
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Kaplan University is one of the United States leading universities for online healthcare degrees. Business, Nursing, and Allied Healthcare programs are all offered.
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Walden University - Professional degrees programs available online in a variety of healthcare and nursing fields.
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Gonzaga University - Masters degree programs available online from anywhere in the United States!
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