The College Network™, one of the nation’s leading eLearning companies, today announced a partnership with the American Nurses Association (ANA), the only full-service professional organization representing the nation’s 2.9 million registered nurses. Members of the American Nurses Association can now receive a discount on The College Network portion of any degree program offered through its network of partner universities.
“ANA is committed to offering our members the educational and career resources they will need to advance their careers,” said ANA Chief Executive Officer Marla J. Weston, PhD, RN. “ANA is pleased to partner with The College Network, one of the nation’s foremost providers of online education, to provide a valuable new resource that will help nurses become the healthcare leaders of tomorrow.”
The College Network supports the ANA’s stated goal of ensuring the availability of highly skilled and well educated nurses across the country. Since its founding in 1992, The College Network has assisted more than 150,000 nurses to earn a degree. The College Network’s unique approach gives working nurses and nursing students the flexibility to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or a Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN) while maintaining their current job and family commitments. Read More…
One aspect of the health care reform debate that hasn’t been discussed much is how increasing the ranks of the insured will place increased demand on the health care industry, which is already experiencing worker shortages. Julian Alssid with the Workforce Strategy Center has an interesting article in Huffington Post about the issue…