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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.

TOP ONLINE COLLEGES

University of Phoenix - - Certificates, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, & Doctoral Degrees. Known as the leader in the online education space, U of P offers flexible online courses that help you work around your career.

Kaplan University - Certificates, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's Degrees. As one of the biggest names in education, Kaplan has taken their coursework and testing expertise and applied them to online courses, making degrees available in as little as 12 months.

Capella University - Bachelor's, Master's, & Doctoral Degrees. Capella is known for offering a wide array of graduate level online nursing programs.

Walden University - Master's and Doctoral Degrees. Walden specializes in post-graduate learning, offering a variety of Master's level education programs.

Practical Nurse, ASN, BSN, MSN, Doctoral Degrees: Online and Campus-Based

Check out the list of Michigan nursing schools below. In among the nearly 3 dozen listed you’ll discover all types of nursing schools—vocational, community college, private college, and major university—as well as degrees—LPN, ASN, BSN, MSN, and even Doctoral Nursing degrees.

The majority of young nurse recruits aim for jobs in busy major hospitals, often in bustling metro areas. Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Flint are among the biggest urban areas and each offers a variety of excellent hospitals and healthcare facilities, including Level 1 Trauma Centers. These types of hospitals employ nurses in every specialty, including flight nursing, OR nursing, and Nursing Informatics—specialties that may not be available in smaller medical centers.

Demand for Rural Nurses in Michigan

But Michigan has hundreds of smaller cities and communities with their own busy community hospitals, public clinics, urgent care centers, and nursing homes. Ironically while busy hospitals are a major attraction for RNs, the overwhelming reports are that many experienced RNs are disillusioned with bedside care in these environments due to consistent lack of adequate staff, mandatory overtime programs and other “unsafe” operational practices that ultimately drive a thriving nurse exodus.

Better opportunities may be had in smaller communities in Michigan and even rural healthcare facilities. Certainly Advanced Practice RNs such as Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives and Certified Registered Nurses of Anesthesia, all occasionally pursue jobs in rural healthcare centers.

The Michigan Board of Nursing website provides a litter of informational links necessary to nursing education and jobs in the state:

RN, LPN, APRN licensure and NCLEX examinations
Approved schools of nursing in MI
Continuing Education (CE) requirements for RNs and nurse specialists
Scope of Nursing
Michigan Nursing Scholarship program
and much more

Financial aid programs available specifically to MI nursing students:

The Michigan Nursing Scholarship is state funded and school administered. Any college of nursing student may be eligible to apply. Qualified candidates must understand that this is a scholarship for service program: for every year of scholarship aid you are required to work in a state designated healthcare facility.

The Michigan State Loan Repayment Program seeks to appeal to primary and secondary care professionals. The program for nurses is open to Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives—both primary care health professions. In exchange for up to $15,000 in nurse student loan repayment, qualified candidates must agree to work for a period of time in a state designated medically underserved facility.

List of Accredited Campus-Based Nursing Schools in Michigan

Andrews University
Bay de Noc Community College
Calvin College
Davenport University
Delta College
Eastern Michigan University
Ferris State University
Finlandia University
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Valley State University
Henry Ford Community College
Hope College
Lake Michigan College
Lake Superior State University
Lansing Community College
Macomb Community College
Madonna University
Michigan State University
Monroe County Community College
Mott Community College
Muskegon Community College
Northern Michigan University
Oakland Community College
Saginaw Valley State University
Spring Arbor University
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Michigan-Flint
Washtenaw Community College
Wayne State University
Western Michigan University