Meadville Medical Center’s Institute for Healthcare Professionals (IHP) was established to offer educational programs for individuals interested in pursuing healthcare-related careers. IHP started in 2024 with an LPN program, recently added the Sharon School of Nursing’s RN program to its offerings, and will potentially expand to other in-demand healthcare jobs in the future.
Meadville Medical Center’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Philip Pandolph has stated: “We are optimistic this will benefit MMC and other local healthcare providers, as well as benefit the entire community by preserving and enhancing local access to in-demand healthcare-related careers.”
Practical nurses play a vital role in patient care in long term care facilities, outpatient clinics and acute care hospitals. Becoming a nurse is a very rewarding career which allows you to be able to provide compassionate care for your patients at their time of need.
The Sharon School of Nursing’s RN program at Meadville Medical Center’s Institute for Healthcare Professionals offers students the benefits of a nursing courses at a hospital-based diploma nursing program and college level academic courses at a college or university of their choice.
Posted to WKBN May 3, 2025 by Hanna Erdmann The final nursing class from Sharon Regional has graduated. Saturday afternoon, they walked across the stage at Sharpsville High School. The class of 2025 stamped its legacy in the 126 years of the school’s long history, but this class had to
Meadville Medical Center (MMC) and Allegheny College announced a collaboration between the medical center’s Institute for Healthcare Professionals and the College, to provide a high-quality educational experience for nursing students attending the Sharon School of Nursing in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Allegheny College Provost Jennifer Dearden said, “To extend liberal arts courses
