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STEM program guide: Registered Nurse in Houma, LA

3 of the 4 counties in the Houma, LA labor market are metro counties with a diversified economy — health work is everywhere people are, and metro counties hold the hospitals, clinics and labs. That is where a registered nurse is hired here.

HomeSTEM CompassSTEM program guideRegistered Nurse › Houma, LA
+5%Growth 2024–34
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What the work is worth. Nurses are the most trusted profession in America for a reason: they are the person present at the moment that decides whether a patient recovers.

An ordinary day. Assess patients, administer treatment, watch for the change that means something is wrong, coordinate with physicians, and teach patients and families.

The path in. Associate's or bachelor's in nursing plus the NCLEX license; the bachelor's is increasingly preferred.

From zero. The STEM Farm Healthcare / Clinical Support / Medical Technology track starts at zero-STEM intake and ends in this kind of work, with verified proof at every gate.

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STEM program guide. A guide grounded in measurement instead of opinion: forty careers with the traits each runs on, what the work is worth to the world, the education path, and a way to find out which are yours. A STEM program is a path to a career. Find the career that fits first, then the STEM Farm track that starts at zero and ends in that job with verified proof at every gate.

Where in Houma, LA this work lives

Counties in this zone ordered by how closely their ERS economy type matches what registered nurse roles are hired into.

St. Mary Parish, LAAssumption Parish, LALafourche Parish, LATerrebonne Parish, LA

The personality behind the work

Registered Nurse in the metros around Houma, LA

New Orleans, LA11 countiesBaton Rouge, LA9 countiesLafayette, LA7 countiesShreveport, LA9 countiesLake Charles, LA11 countiesMonroe, LA7 countiesAlexandria, LA5 countiesTallulah, LA6 countiesNatchez, MS–LA5 counties

Other careers in Houma, LA

Biomedical Engineer+6%Physician Assistant+20%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Medical Scientist+9%Epidemiologist+16%Microbiologist+5%

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Sources. Career traits, education paths and value lines are the STEM Compass assessment library. Employment growth is U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020). Salary is not shown anywhere in this campaign on purpose: the assessment measures fit and what the work is worth to the world.