Currently, accelerated nursing programs equip chiropractors with a bachelor of science or masters degree in nursing. The dual education of nursing and chiropractic can be a boon to a health clinic or hospital with a high patient to physician ratio because the chiropractors, after acquiring knowledge of nursing, can also prescribe medicines in conjunction with their chiropractic treatment of manipulating the irregularities in an abnormal spine.
Chiropractors can complete the accelerated nursing program within three years through a combination of online and part-time courses offered by Mid America Learning, Hardin-Simmons University and Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing. These accredited institutes work in tandem to frame the online course content and provide an interactive education system where the chiropractors can access the course material according to their convenient time.
The advanced nursing program for chiropractors allows them to serve in remote locations with inadequate health care infrastructure while earning a six-figure salary every year, in addition to a substantial waiver of student loans.