With health care facilities across southwest Missouri in need of skilled nursing professionals, Ozarks Tech is breaking new ground to meet the demand. The college has announced the recently approved expansion of its Associate of Science in Nursing – Direct Entry (ASN-D) program, which will increase available seats in the program from 24 to 150,…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2021, less than 14 percent of all registered nurses were men. While the percentage of men in nursing has grown over the decades, women still dominate the field. However, five of the seven graduates are men in the latest cohort of students graduating from Ozarks Technical Community…
By January of 2023, Ozarks Technical Community College will increase the number of nursing and respiratory therapy students it can educate each year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, respiratory therapists were instrumental in saving lives as the medical practitioners who helped patients breathe. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the United States will need more…
