{"id":26903,"date":"2020-09-29T18:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T22:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2020\/09\/29\/lpn\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:52:41","slug":"lpn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/09\/29\/lpn\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC\u2019s Licensed Practical Nursing Program is One of the Top in the State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23300\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/09\/lpan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23300\" class=\"wp-image-23300 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/09\/lpan-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"LPN Student practices on training mannequin.\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This LPN student is practicing in NECC&#8217;s clinical lab on the Lawrence campus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/health\/practical-nursing-certificate\/\">Licensed Practical Nursing Program<\/a>\u00a0has been ranked one of the top LPN programs in Massachusetts by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalnursing.org\/\">PracticalNursing.org<\/a>, a national nursing advocacy organization.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings were based on graduate passing rates on the NCLEX-PN (National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses) exam, which is used by state boards of nursing nationwide for testing proficiency and granting licensure.\u00a0 Sixteen programs in Massachusetts were ranked, and Northern Essex received an overall score of 97.62 out of 100, ranking second and missing first place to Mass Bay Community College by just .22 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is such great news again for our students and the community which counts on Northern Essex for its LPN\u2019s,\u201d said Lisa Bass, coordinator of Northern Essex\u2019s Practical Nursing Program.<\/p>\n<p>LPN\u2019s are in high demand in Massachusetts, due in part to the nationwide nursing shortage. \u00a0According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalnursing.org\/lpn-programs\/massachusetts\/\">PracticalNursing.org website<\/a>, LPN\u2019s earn an average hourly wage of $28.36 or an annual salary of approximately $58,990.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex\u2019s LPN Program is a 47-credit certificate program.\u00a0 Graduates of the program will be eligible to take the NCLEX-PN and can also apply credits earned to NECC\u2019s associate degree in nursing, which offers an advanced placement option for licensed practical nurses.\u00a0 The program includes classroom study, lab practice, and a clinical experience.\u00a0 LPN\u2019s work for long-term care facilities, outpatient clinics, home health care, rehabilitation centers, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Bass attributes the college\u2019s top ranking to high passing scores\u2014the class of 2019 had a 100 percent passing rate on the national licensure exam\u2014and the program\u2019s well-equipped labs located in the El-Hefni Allied Health &amp; Technology Center in Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of our faculty and our students,\u201d says Bass.\u00a0 \u201cThey work very hard to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, contact Lisa Bass, NECC\u2019s Practical Nursing Program coordinator, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lbass@necc.mass.edu\">lbass@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers\u00a0approximately\u00a060\u00a0associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth.\u00a0 Each year,\u00a06,000\u00a0students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and\u00a0another 2,000\u00a0take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.\u00a0 For more information, visit the website at\u00a0www.necc.mass.edu\u00a0or call 978-556-3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Practical Nursing Program continues to be one of the top programs in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":26905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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