The nursing shortage is worsening in America, to help combat it, the University of Indianapolis is launching a new degree aimed directly at career changers: people who already have a bachelor's degree in a non-nursing field and would like to enter nursing. The course is a an accelerated master's course which will net the students a BSN and an MSN in a total of 27 months. It will function as 14 months of regular bachelor's coursework with the master's coursework being completed online.

The course is targeted at displaced workers of non-nursing professions. You need to have a 3.0 GPA in your bachelor's (i.e. a "B" average) to be considered for the course. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated that more than a million new and replacement nurses are need by 2016 to meet the demand. If you are interested in a stable, recession-proof, well-paying career, take a look at nursing, it may be your cup of tea.

 


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