{"id":3728,"date":"2021-02-09T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=3728"},"modified":"2021-02-19T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:29:00","slug":"ntc-online-nursing-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/09\/ntc-online-nursing-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwest Tech\u2019s Online Nursing Programs Recognized Among Nation\u2019s Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Technical College&rsquo;s online nursing program has been named one of the nation&rsquo;s most affordable associate degree programs. The site, Affordable Colleges, ranked NTC fourth on its list, &ldquo;Most Affordable Online Associate Degrees in Nursing 2020.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The ranking praised Northwest Tech&rsquo;s array of nursing programs, education quality, affordability and flexibility. It also acknowledged NTC&rsquo;s expansive course offerings in psychosocial nursing, maternal-newborn nursing and advanced physiology.<\/p>\n<p>Northwest Technical College offers two online associate degree paths in nursing including the generic associate of science track for students with no prior nursing experience who wish to become a registered nurse. NTC also offers a licensed practical nurse step-in associate of science for LPN&rsquo;s who wish to become registered nurses.<\/p>\n<p>Lorrie Prickett, an NTC senior, always wanted to work in the medical field. With a degree in computer science, the mother of four recently found new direction in NTC&rsquo;s nursing program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would have to say that this has been some of the best years of my life,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I do not know where I will stop on my academic journey, but being a nurse is my purpose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>NTC also maintains a transfer agreement with Bemidji State University where graduates of either nursing track qualify for the university&rsquo;s bachelor of science in nursing program. This partnership set NTC alumna and current BSU RN to BSN student Katie Houg on a path toward her dream career in health care.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I chose NTC because they have an accelerated program for nursing,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;You can get into the field faster. Doing the traditional four-year track was not going to be beneficial to the needs that I had.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h3>About NTC Nursing Programs<\/h3>\n<p>Northwest Technical College offerers two associate degree paths in nursing including the generic associate of science track for students who have completed a nursing assistant training course and wish to become a registered nurse. NTC also offers a licensed practical nurse step-in associate of science for LPN&rsquo;s who wish to become registered nurses.<\/p>\n<p>Each program has specific admission requirements and deadlines with flexible delivery methods that includes on-campus, on-line or blended course offerings. NTC maintains a transfer agreement with Bemidji State University where graduates of either nursing track qualify for the university&rsquo;s BSN program.<\/p>\n<h3>About AffordableColleges.com<\/h3>\n<p>AffordableColleges.com&rsquo;s ranking methodology is designed to ensure that the schools listed provide success, support and low tuition.<\/p>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.affordablecolleges.com\/rankings\/affordable-online-associate-degrees-nursing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Affordable Colleges Ranking<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/nursing\/admission-to-nursing\/\">NTC Nursing Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2021-N-041<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/bsu2014-ct-news\/assets\/mn-state-logo.jpg\" alt=\"MN State logo\" width=\"78\" height=\"143\"><strong>Northwest Technical College<\/strong>, located in northern Minnesota&rsquo;s lake district, has prepared students for fulfilling careers in high-demand fields for more than 50 years. The college&rsquo;s accessible, affordable, hands-on programs also help the region&rsquo;s employers meet their ever-growing need for a highly skilled workforce. NTC serves more than 1,000 students with an excellent education, an open-enrollment policy and affordable tuition. Students may pursue nearly 40 degree, diploma and certificate programs in six distinct career paths. Classes are offered on campus, online, or as a combination of both. NTC is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities. For more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ntcmn.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ntcmn.edu<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Technical College&#8217;s online nursing program was ranked fourth on the list \u201cMost Affordable Online Associate Degrees in Nursing 2020\u201d by AffordableColleges.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":3315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,6,7,25,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-landing-page","category-myntc","category-newsletter","category-people","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3751,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions\/3751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}