Academy for Nursing and Health Occupations

A Private, Not-for-Profit, Licensed and Nationally Accredited College of Nursing
Where dreams of a Better Tomorrow Come True … Learn, Grow, Become …
Located at:
5154 Okeechobee Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33417
Phone: (561)683-1400
Fax: (561)683-6773
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Lois M. Gackenheimer Richards, PhD Ed, MSN, RN
Executive Director / President

About Your New College
College catalogues are available in the Admissions Office to all persons interested in attending the Academy for Nursing and Health Occupations. The catalogue will be available to all prospective students no later than one week prior to enrollment, and on line at http://www.anho.edu.

Academy for Nursing and Health Occupations programs are designed to prepare students to work in the following settings as students so desire:
  • Nursing Homes
  • Home Health Agencies
  • Hospitals
  • Outpatient Areas such as Clinics, Doctors' Offices, Surgical Centers, Laboratories, Adult Living Facilities, Adult Day Care Centers, and Rehabilitation Centers.
Students are given the greatest flexibility possible to progress as they wish, and are able to, given their personal circumstances. Students are taught the clinical skills and academic requirements necessary to be eligible to take certification and licensure exams for their desired occupations. Students are expected to become gainfully employed in a field related to their program of study.

Self Improvement topics are offered to enhance students’ desirability to employers. Such topics include employment/re-employment skills, leadership skills, professional decorum, deportment and demeanor, as well as Electronic Health Recording Skills. Self Improvement topics provided are not under the purview of the Commission for Independent Education (CIE).