Mrs. Bledsoe, MS-CTE, BSN, RN, graduated with honors in 1990 from Missouri Western State College (now MWSU) with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. She worked 26 years as a RN in multiple settings including hospital diabetic and medical surgical units, home health and long-term care. She also worked as Parent Educator and substitute nurse for North Platte R-1 Parents As Teachers program and Charge nurse and MDS coordinator for a long-term care and skilled nursing rehabilitation facility. Mrs. Bledsoe has been teaching at NCC since 2016 

Contact Mrs. Bledsoe
Phone: 816-858-5505 x5020
Email:[email protected]

Mrs. Heater RN BSN, is a 1998 graduate of Rockhurst University, where she began her nursing career at Research Medical Center, working in both the ICU and telemetry step-down units. For the past eight years, she has worked in public health, specializing in communicable disease case management and clinical services at the Platte County Health Center. Mrs. Heater brings a wealth of real-world clinical and public health experience into the classroom to prepare students for meaningful careers in healthcare. Mrs. Heater hopes her students come away not just with skills, but with a true sense of the difference they can make in people’s lives.

Contact Mrs.Heater
Phone: 816-858-5505 x5027  
Email:[email protected]

Hourly Wage*

Average Salary*

Anesthesiologist Assistant

$62.51

$130,020  

Nurse Practitioner 

$60.70

$126,260 

Registered Nurse

$41.38

$86,070 

Diagnostic Medical Sonographer

$40.61

 $84,470 

Licensed Practical Nurse

$28.72

$59,730 

Community Health Worker

$23.17

$48,200 

Phlebotomist 

$20.10

$41,810 

Certified Nurse Aide

$18.36

$38,200