Iowa Health Education Portal
Nursing is the nation's largest health care profession, with 4.7 million registered nurses. The government projects that over 203,000 registered nurse positions will be created annually from 2025 to 2031. There continues to be a need for additional registered nurses in Iowa to fill nursing vacancies.
Schools must fill as many nursing school seats as possible to help increase the number of nurses entering the workforce.
This portal aims to increase awareness and understanding of Iowa's nursing and other health care profession programs and increase the number of students in nursing programs statewide.