Health Care Schools in Nevada - NV

Nevada is part of the trend of vastly expanding healthcare jobs in the United States. Many factors, including an aging baby boomer population as well as a large percentage of healthcare workers approaching retirement, are contributing to this impending worker shortage.

• Find Schools that offer Health Care Related Degrees in Nevada
• What are the fastest growing Health Care Careers in Nevada?
• Who are Nevada's largest health care employers?

Fastest Growing Health Care Careers in Nevada

Some of the fastest growing healthcare careers according to America's Career InfoNet are as follows: Medical transcriptionist, personal and home care aides, home health aides, physician assistants, medical assistants, dental assistants, dental hygienists, medical scientists, and forensic science technicians. The job of medical transcriptionist is in fact the third fastest-growing job in the state, growing at a rate of 89%, and home care aides and home health aides and are in the top 10 growing careers in the state. These jobs require a varied level of training and education, and not all are jobs traditionally associated with healthcare, such as the medical transciptionist, which involves transcribing dictated reports made by doctors.

Largest Health Care Job Employers in Nevada

Even in Nevada, a few of the largest employers are hospitals or health centers. Below is a list of some of the biggest.

• University Medical Center Hospital: Located in Las Vegas, it employs roughly 3,600 people. It is the premier teaching hospital in the state, and serves Southern Nevada as well as parts of California, Utah, and Arizona. It is also the primary facility available for the millions of visitors who come to Las Vegas every year.
• Renown Health: Formerly Washoe Medical Center, this not-for-profit institution changed names in 2006, but continues to serve northern Nevada as it has for over 140 years. Located in Reno, it employs just over 3,000 people and is the largest not-for-profit health network in the state.
• Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center: Also located in Las Vegas, it employs roughly 3,000 people. It is the largest comprehensive acute-care medical complex in Nevada, and one of the largest privately-owned hospitals in the country.
• Sunrise Children’s Hospital: Located on the Sunrise Medical Center Campus, this is a premier facility and employs nearly 3,000 people in Las Vegas.

These impending job shortages in healthcare will translate into huge opportunity for consistent, stable jobs. Find out what healthcare career is right for you and the educational path that can take you there. Start here by requesting program information from the schools below.

Schools in Nevada offering Health Care Career Focused Programs

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