Responding to Healthcare Workforce Challenges

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Responding to Healthcare

Workforce Challenges

Mercy College of Health Sciences was founded in 1899 to meet the growing demand for nurses in the area. Now, 125 years later, Mercy College offers 17 unique academic pathways designed to meet the healthcare workforce challenges facing our state and region. Listen as MercyOne President Bob Ritz, Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend, and Iowa Private College Association President Gary Steinke discuss how Mercy College of Health Sciences is actively working to address and overcome the challenges facing healthcare today.

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928 6th Ave.
Des Moines, IA

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Mercy College of Health Sciences has been transforming students into healthcare professionals since 1899. Located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, we offer master’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, associate degrees, certificate programs, and continuing education courses.

Mercy College is the only private Catholic college in central Iowa and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), in addition to numerous programmatic accreditors.