HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing offers a hospital-based practical nursing program designed to prepare students for the NCLEX-PN exam and licensure in Florida. The program provides necessary preparation and clinical experience, often in approximately one year. As part of the HCA Healthcare system, the school may offer connections to the HCA Healthcare Nurse Residency Program for new graduates, providing a paid internship with specialty training in acute care.
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All Programs at HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing
1 trade program at HCA Florida Mercy Hospital Nursing, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
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Practical Nursing
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59 | $31,784/yr | — |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.