{"id":4139,"date":"2021-08-04T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:44:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T21:44:25","slug":"step-in-program-ranked-among-the-best-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/04\/step-in-program-ranked-among-the-best-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"NTC&#8217;s LPN Step-In Program Ranked Among the Best in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-roledescription=\"Custom font color\">Northwest Technical College&rsquo;s practical nursing<\/span><span aria-roledescription=\"Custom font color\"> program<\/span><span aria-roledescription=\"Custom font color\"> has been ranked 3rd on the list of &ldquo;Best 15 LPN Programs in Minnesota&rdquo; in 2021 by Best Value Schools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The program is a 64-credit, one-year step-in track for current licensed practical nurses who wish to become registered nurses and prepares graduates to apply for licensure as a registered nurse or pursue a <span aria-roledescription=\"Custom font color\">Baccalaureate in Science in nursing. The college&rsquo;s third place ranking by Best Value Schools was<\/span><span aria-roledescription=\"Custom font color\"> based on overall tuition and enrollment rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span aria-roledescription=\"Custom font color\">Graduates of NTC&rsquo;s three-semester step-in program are currently employed in acute-care hospitals, state hospitals, long-term care facilities clinics, physicians&rsquo; offices, group homes, child care centers and public health agencies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span aria-roledescription=\"gray80 font color\">In addition to the LPN step-in program, Northwest Tech 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. All of NTC&rsquo;s associate degree nursing programs are nationally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, or ACEN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span aria-roledescription=\"Custom font color\">Northwest Technical College is a regionally accredited college by the Higher Learning Commission, an independent corporation that accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions, and is approved by the Minnesota Board of N<\/span>ursing.<\/p>\n<h2>About Best Value Schools<\/h2>\n<p><span aria-roledescription=\"Custom font color\">Best Value Schools rankings explore multiple categories to help students find the most valuable college experience. Students can compare the schools by attributes that matter most to them including location, affordability and amenities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/sw6985pa\/\">Michele Brielmaier, dean of nursing and human services<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/admissions\/\">Admissions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/nursing\/\">Nursing at Northwest Technical College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestvalueschools.org\/lpn-programs-in-mn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Best Value Schools Ranking<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2022-N-007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NTC&#8217;s practical nursing program ranked 3rd on the list of &#8220;Best 15 LPN Programs in Minnesota&#8221; by Best Value Schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":3827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,6,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-landing-page","category-people","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139","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=4139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4995,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139\/revisions\/4995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}