{"id":2274,"date":"2025-04-22T13:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T18:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nursing\/?page_id=2274"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:13:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nursing\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"untitled (75 of 145)\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nursing\/files\/2025\/03\/untitled-75-of-145-1600x1067.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( 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about the St. Olaf Nursing Program.<\/h5>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__explore panel panel-explore site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"explore\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper  explore\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    <div class=\"site-panel__explore-chevron site-panel-shape-bbc--gold-navy\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-section__content site-panel__explore-content\">\n\n        <div class=\"t-content site-panel__explore-desc site-grid__col site-grid__col--flex-2\">\n            <h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"history-and-background\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">History and Background<\/h2>\n\n            <p>Discussion of the possibility of a nursing program at St. Olaf College began in 1936.\u00a0 Further incentive was given several years later when the Evangelical Lutheran Church urged that one of the colleges sponsored by them take steps to develop a professional nursing program.\u00a0 In 1950, the college was selected to establish a nursing program.\u00a0 The first nursing class graduated in 1956.<\/p>\n<p>In 1986, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Nursing Consortium (MINC) was established as a collaborative nursing program between the College of St. Catherine, Gustavus Adolphus College, and St. Olaf College.\u00a0 In 1992, the College of St. Catherine withdrew from the consortium and MINC continued with the two remaining member colleges.\u00a0 In 2014, the Board of Regents of St. Olaf College approved the dissolution of MINC following graduation of the Class of 2015.\u00a0 The re-establishment of an independent nursing program at St. Olaf College began with the Class of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education was granted in October 2015 and continued in October 2020.\u00a0 The Minnesota Board of Nursing granted continuing approval of the nursing program in August 2021.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n            <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__bg--gray\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--center site-section__title--sm\" id=\"why-choose-the-st-olaf-nursing-program\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Why Choose the St. Olaf Nursing Program?<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t 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are nurse educators who teach across the curriculum \u2013 classroom, skills lab, simulation, and clinical experiences.<\/li>\n<li>New simulation center in 2019 \u2013 you can read more about the learning space\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/news\/st-olaf-opens-new-high-tech-space-for-nursing-program\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cadaver labs in science courses.<\/li>\n<li>Research opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>A variety of opportunities for clinicals, internships, 1:1 capstone experiences, and networking at healthcare agencies across the Twin Cities, Rochester, and rural hospitals and clinics.<\/li>\n<li>Many graduates, after working summer internships after their junior year in the major, secure positions that are waiting for them upon graduation.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ole Nurses&#8221; are sought after and quickly become leaders in the healthcare field.<\/li>\n<li>100% of our graduates who are seeking jobs have offers of employment prior to 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