Health care professional, technical, and support jobs will grow at a combined rate of 27.9% this decade-employing 12.2 million individuals-according to recent projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Experts project that health care practitioner and technical occupations will add 1.6 million jobs by 2010, including 561,000 new RN positions.

Experts also expect that:

* new and replacement openings for RNs will total more than 1 million.

* health care will add 1.1 million support jobs this decade, making it the fastest-growing service occupation.