Participants start the program by first assessing basic academic skills at one of CCV s 12 locations statewide. Students are then advised into courses and may attend a local technical center, such as North Country Career Center in Newport or the Lamoille Area Vocational Center in Morrisville, to develop prerequisite skills in reading, math and science. Students with prerequisite skills can enroll in CCV courses in Nutrition, Anatomy and Physiology, and Human Growth and Development, offered in Middlebury, Morrisville and Newport, as well as other CCV locations. When they successfully complete the CCV courses they will be prepared for the VTC portion of the program. In the second phase of earning the certificate, students enroll in Principles and Practices of Nursing courses and labs and other required courses offered by VTC on Vermont Interactive Television.
Students complete the required clinical hours at facilities in their own geographic regions.
The new practical nursing program expects 30 students to enroll in the program, which begins registering students each August.