About Arkansas Schools of Nursing: Online and Campus-Based

Why Study Nursing Online ?

With many baby boomers retiring, there is a large nurse shortage growing by the day. The demand for nurses will create over a million new jobs, and is already lifting nursing wages. Studying nursing online allows you to improve your career and salary with flexible hours that work around your current schedule.

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Study Nursing at an Arkansas School - Top Programs for Budding RNs and LPNs

Search the list of accredited nursing schools below—universities and colleges typically are providers for Baccalaureate and Master’s nursing programs, while community and technical colleges are providers for Practical Nursing and Associates nursing programs.

The nursing shortage has made the field of nursing a number one priority on many state “to-do” lists, Arkansas included. Here a large number of RNs are mid-career and teetering on retirement. So the business of recruiting and educating new RNs and LPNs is at full-tilt.

The state offers nurses a diverse array of study and work opportunities. Study in small technical and community colleges for an entry-level Associates degree, a college or large university for a Bachelors, Masters or post-grad degree. Practice in rural settings or in a large urban hospitals, and provide care for diverse patient populations and communities.

Most RNs and LPNs work in the largest hospitals in major metro areas of Arkansas: Little Rock, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith. But vacation hotspots, Eureka Springs and Hot Springs, draw millions of out of town visitors each year swelling local populations and adding business to regional hospitals and medical centers.

Arkansas Board of Nursing

The Arkansas State Board of Nursing is your go-to resource for:

• Arkansas State nursing licensure and renewal
• Nurse Practice Act
• Arkansas nursing guidelines
• Directives for Advanced Practice Nurses
• Continuing Education requirements and providers
• Disciplinary proceedings and complaints
• Current news and issues that impact the Nursing industry
• and more

Arkansas participates in the Nurse Licensure Compact, a cooperative licensing agreement amongst a group of 20+ states that recognize each others nursing licenses. For example: Arkansas RNs that would like to pursue nursing practice in one of the NLC states are free to do so with their Arkansas RN license. However, outside the NLC states and RNs would be required to apply for separate licensure to that state’s board of nursing.

AR Nursing Associations

The Arkansas Nurses Association provides member nurses with access to conferences, job postings, scholarships, networking and professional support.

The Arkansas Nurses Foundation – through the Arkansas Nurses Association – provides scholarship and grant opportunities for nursing research and for degree-seeking nursing students.

Salaries for RNs and LPNs

The average salary range for a staff RN working in Little Rock is $50,000 to $60,700, and for an LPN, $32,000 and $38,700.* These salary ranges could adjust by a few thousand dollars up or down depending upon city or nursing specialty.

List of Accredited Campus-Based Arkansas Nursing Schools

• Arkansas Northeastern College
• Arkansas State University
• Arkansas Tech University
• Baptist Health Schools-Little Rock
• East Arkansas Community College
• Harding University
• Henderson State University
• Jefferson Regional Medical Center
• National Park Community College at Hot Springs
• North Arkansas College
• Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
• Southeast Arkansas College
• Southern Arkansas University
• University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
• University of Arkansas-Little Rock
• University of Arkansas-Monticello
• University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville
• University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• University of Central Arkansas

*Salary.com

 

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