Recognized Distance Nursing Education Programs
2024-2025

The mission of the North Dakota Board of Nursing (NDBON) is to assure ND citizens quality nursing care and promote public safety through the regulation of standards for nursing education, licensure and practice. The North Dakota Century Code (NDCC) Chapter 43-12.1 Nurse Practices Act contains legislative statutes that regulate nursing in ND. Section 43-12.1-17 Nursing Education Programs, Subsection 1, legally imparts the duty to regulate nursing education in ND to the NDBON. “The board shall adopt and enforce rules establishing standards for in-state nursing education programs leading to initial or advanced licensure.

Section 43-12.1-17 Nursing Education Programs, Subsection 1, also imparts the duty to regulate out-of-state programs by detailing that “Out-of-state programs must be approved by the state board of nursing of the jurisdiction in which the program is headquartered.” Section 43-12.1-04 Persons exempt from provisions of chapter, Subsection 12, includes “students practicing nursing as part of an out-of-state board-recognized nursing education program, upon written notification to the board and contingent upon clinical site availability.” The NDBON adheres to a distance nursing education program recognition process to accomplish this. The process facilitates collaborations between the NDBON and distance nursing education programs seeking clinical placements of pre-licensure (leading to LPN, RN, or APRN licensure) students in ND facilities for clinical practice experiences.

 

 

Institution, City and State Located Program Type
Augustana University,
Sioux Falls, SD
MSN Nurse Practitioner (FNP) APRN Program
Bemidji State University,
Bemidji, MN
BSN RN Program
Bethel University,
St. Paul, MN
DNP Nurse Practitioner (Nurse Midwife) APRN Program
Bradley University,
Peoria, IL
DNP & MSN Nurse Practitioner (FNP, AGACNP, AGPCNP, PMHNP) & Post Master’s Certificate (APRN) programs
Briar Cliff University,
Sioux City, IA
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) Program
Chamberlain University,
Downers Grove, IL
MSN Nurse Practitioner All Specialty Tracks (FNP, AGACNP, AGPCNP, PMHNP) & Post-Master’s Certificate (APRN) programs
Clarkson College,
Omaha, NE
MSN & BSN to DNP Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Concordia College,
Moorhead, MN
BSN (RN) programs
Concordia University Wisconsin,
Mequon, WI
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Creighton University,
Omaha, NE
MSN and DNP Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Duke University,
Durham, NC
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs, all specialty tracks; Post-Graduate Certificate Programs
Frontier Nursing University,
Hyden, KY
MSN Nurse Midwifery & Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Georgetown University,
Washington, DC
MSN Nurse Midwifery & Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Herzing University,
Menomonee Falls, WI
MSN & Post Master’s Certificate Nurse Practitioner (APRN) Programs
Lake Area Technical College,
Watertown, SD
Diploma (PN) & ADN (RN) Programs
Liberty University,
Lynchburg, VA
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) Programs
Maryville University,
St. Louis, MO
MSN, Post-Graduate Certificate, & DNP Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Minnesota State Community and Technical College,
Moorhead, MN
Diploma (PN) and ADN (RN) programs
Minnesota State University Moorhead,
Moorhead, MN
BSN (RN) program
Mount Marty University,
Yankton, SD
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice and MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Nightingale College,
Salt Lake City, UT
BSN (RN) program
Northland Community and Technical College,
East Grand Forks, MN
Diploma (PN) and Associate Degree Mobility Nursing (RN) programs
Norwich University,
Northfield, VT
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) Program all specialties
Post University,
Waterbury, CT
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Purdue University Global,
West Lafayette, IN
MSN & Post-Graduate Certificate Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Rasmussen University, Moorhead Campus,
Moorhead, MN
Diploma Practical Nursing (PN) and ADN (RN) programs; MSN Nurse Practitioner programs (PMH, AGPC, FNP, & PPC)
Regis College,
Weston, MA
BSN to DNP & Post Graduate Certificate All Specialty Tracks Nurse Practitioner (APRN) Programs
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions,
Provo, UT
MSN, DNP, & Post-Master’s Certificate Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Simmons University,
Boston, MA
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
South Dakota State University,
Brookings, SD
BSN (RN), MSN, Post-Master’s Certificate and DNP Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Spring Arbor University,
Spring Arbor, MI
MSN, Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
St Ambrose University,
Davenport, IA
BSN (RN) Program
Texas Wesleyan University,
Ft. Worth, TX
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (APRN) program
The College of St. Scholastica,
Duluth, MN
DNP Nurse Practitioner (APRN) & BSN (RN) Programs
United States University,
San Diego, CA
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN
DNP Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Midwifery, Nurse Anesthesia, Clinical Nurse Specialist (APRN) and BSN and MN (RN) programs
University of South Alabama,
Mobile, AL
MSN & BSN to DNP Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
University of South Dakota,
Sioux Falls, SD
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (APRN) program
Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN
MSN, Post-Master’s Certificate, and DNP Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Walden University,
Minneapolis, MN
MSN Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs
Western University of Health Sciences,
Pomona, CA
DNP & Post Master’s Certificate (FNP, PMHNP specialties) Nurse Practitioner (APRN) programs

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