Mississippi Nursing and Healthcare Schools

Mississippi is concentrating on issues that will bring in quality health care professionals to work in their communities to provide outstanding health care services to their residents. The many fields of the health care industry offer diverse options and choices for those wishing to pursue a career in health care. Mississippi is excited to welcome qualified individuals to join their health care team. Mississippi in addition is expanding efforts to recruit more youth who are interested in entering the health care profession and is pleased to offer them the opportunity of building a successful health care career!

A series of investments totaling more than 43 million dollars has been issued throughout the United States to implement positive changes concerning the health care labor shortages. A large portion of funds are now available to the state of Mississippi to face the severe problem of workforce shortages in the health care industry. Health care professionals are greatly needed in Mississippi to confront these critical workforce shortages. Solutions are being addressed in the areas of recruiting, training, and hiring health care professionals for acute care, long term care and allied health care positions. As well, Mississippi is meeting the challenges of maintaining and filling vacant leadership positions.

Mississippi is developing several training strategies and offering a large capacity of educational opportunities to overcome the health care professional workforce shortages and fill both current and future vacancies in the many health care positions throughout their state. Other programs are being implemented to help current health care workers enhance their current skills and promote to higher level positions. Workers in Mississippi outside of the health care realm who are currently working in a declining industry are being offered means to train and gain the skills necessary to join the health care profession. This is a great opportunity for those who need or want a career change for their future success!

Scholarships, grants, private funding, repayment programs and loan forgiveness programs are just some of the advantages that provide exceptional growth opportunities for a student entering educational training to work as a health care professional in Mississippi. Competitive salaries and benefits pave the way to a professional successful career in the health care industry and make for a brighter future! Providing Health care services is a rewarding experience that really does make a difference! Mississippi cares, come care with us!!

Salaries

Salaries and benefits vary on factors such as education, location, experience, and facilities. These are the average salaries of current health care workers throughout the state of Mississippi.

• Registered Nurse.............$73,204-$79,994
• Emergency Room.............$73,071-$84,343
• Intensive Care Unit..........$79,392-$89,634
• Clinical Nurse..................$67,388-$72,805
• LPN...............................$33,476-$36,457
• Medical Technician...........$22,649-$25,233
• Occupational Therapist.....$55,440-$61,189
• Physical Therapist............$58,744-$62,581
• Respiratory Therapist........$38,788-$41,976
• Pharmacist......................$90,649-$94,998

Online	The College Network - Offers a wide variety of online nursing classes that are available to you from anywhere in the United States. LPN to A.S. in Nursing LPN to BS in Nursing RN to BS in Nursing Diploma/Foreign Trained RN to BSN RN to MS in Nursing MS in Nursing (MSN)
Online	Kaplan University is one of the United States leading universities for online healthcare degrees. Business, Nursing, and Allied Healthcare programs are all offered. RN to B.S. in Nursing B.S. in Mgmt./Health Care Management
Online	Walden University - Professional degrees programs available online in a variety of healthcare and nursing fields. RN to MSN BSN to MSN MS in Mental Health Counseling Master of Public Health Ph.D. in Health Services Ph.D. in Public Health M.S. in Psychology Ph.D. in Psychology
Online	Gonzaga University - Masters degree programs available online from anywhere in the United States! Master of Science in Nursing Master of Arts in Communication and Leadership Studies Online Master's Degree in Organizational Leadership