Concordia University

The field of health care is full of challenging and gratifying career paths that combine management skills, an eye for detail, and an emphasis on servant leadership. Online certificates in healthcare from Concordia University Online can focus on a range of medical skills, from advancements and competency of direct patient care, to leadership skills needed in a medical facility. Our courses provide students with multiple avenues of study that prepare them for immediate advancement in the health-care industry.

The demand for trained and professional medical staff continues to grow. Now that a general shortage of doctors is leading hospitals to rely more heavily on highly educated nurses to share some of the responsibilities that doctors once held, demand will be even higher. Another reason to receive a full bachelor degree is that a certain and growing number of Magnet hospitals and large facilities currently only hire BSNs, over associates degree level programs. It seems the health care industry in general is making a concerted effort to ensure all nurses are eventually bachelor prepared, considering the Institute of Medicine suggests 80% of nurses to have Bachelor degrees by 2020.