Throughout the educational process, the faculty assists students to incorporate theory into practice, to develop critical thinking, and to responsibly use available resources and technologies to provide high quality nursing care. The goal of associate degree nursing education at CCBC is to prepare students to become effective practitioners of nursing.
Nursing education incorporates both the science and the art of nursing.
Nursing, as a science, is characterized by a growing body of knowledge that links technical and interpersonal interventions to desired client outcomes. Nursing, as an art, is characterized by the ability to creatively design individualized strategies to assist clients to reach personal health goals. Nursing education is arranged in a logical, sequential curriculum plan that progresses in complexity. Learning is enhanced when a positive environment fostering creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and democratic values is provided. Learning takes place through the student s active participation in a planned program of studies in pursuit of a self-established goal.