Idaho Online Nursing Program Search

Idaho hosts only 42 hospitals with almost half of them sitting in rural areas. Rural based hospitals are fitted with 25 patient beds at most, making the entire nation’s nursing shortage a bit hard to accept in this state. The hard reality is once the recession ends, existing nurses nearing retirement will relinquish their current jobs to a younger workforce. If there aren’t enough qualified nursing professionals around to fulfill the empty job positions, Idaho will face a nursing shortage just as dire as any other state.

The state isn’t exempt from the nation’s nurse educator shortage either. As little as two years ago, Idaho closed its doors to over 800 potential nursing students simply because it couldn’t provide an adequate number of qualified nurse educators. Plain and simple, this state needs a serious overhaul of its hiring nursing force. Idaho needs professional nurses and it needs qualified nurse educators to train them.

The state needs midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and nurse educators — emphasis on advanced practice nurses in areas where geography and/or weather limits access to critical health care. Fortunately for you, online nursing programs bypass this limit and grant instance access to quality nursing education no matter where you live. Check out your options below.

Number of Idaho nursing jobs today: 5,168 RPNs
9,139 RPNs will be needed in Idaho nurses 2015

Idaho Nurse Salaries

• Nursing Assistant: $22,727 – $27,727
• Licensed Practical Nurse: $33,970 – $40,934
• RN Staff Nurse: $53,106 – $64,454
• Nurse Practitioner: $72,132 – $85,022

Online Idaho Nursing Schools

Idaho State University
921 South 8th Avenue, Stop 8074, Pocatello, ID 83209-8074
NLNAC Accredited

On-Campus Idaho Nursing Schools

Number of nursing schools: 7

North Idaho College
1000 West Garden Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814-2199
NLNAC Accredited

Boise State University
1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1840
NLNAC Accredited

Brigham Young University, Idaho
102 Clarke, Rexburg, ID 83460-0620
NLNAC Accredited

College of Southern Idaho
P.O. Box 1238, Twin Falls, ID 83301
NLNAC Accredited

Idaho State University
921 South 8th Avenue, Stop 8101, Pocatello, ID 83209-8101
CCNE Accredited

Lewis-Clark State College
500 8th Avenue, Lewiston, ID 83501-2698
CCNE Accredited

Northwest Nazarene University
623 Holly Street, Nampa, ID 83686-5897
CCNE Accredited

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Board of Nursing info

Idaho Board of Nursing
280 North 8th Street, Suite 210,
Boise, Idaho 83720-0061.

Sources used to write this article:

• US Department of Health and Human Services
• NLNAC Accredited Nursing Programs
• Wikipedia
• Board of Nursing Directory
• American Hospital Directory
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Idaho Online Nursing Program Search

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