CCC和UNMC联手

2021年7月9日

Dr. Matt Gotschall(左)博士. Dele Davies(中)和Dr. 朱利安·塞巴斯蒂安(右)中央社区学院 and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have announced a new education partnership, which will allow CCC nursing graduates to complete a bachelor of nursing (BSN) degree through UNMC.

The RN to BSN program is an online advancement program for registered nurses (RN) with an associate degree of nursing. Curriculum is presented through distance education, 课程可按需提供, 任何时候, to best fit the student’s schedule. All courses are offered in 16-week sessions and eight-week sessions.

“The ability of our nursing students to be able to not only stay in the community, but to keep working in our hospitals and nursing homes is so critical,CCC主席Dr. Matt Gotschall(左图). “We’ve had some successful students transfer to UNMC over years, but it’s very exciting to have something more streamlined. This is a great route that our students can take and continue to work in the central Nebraska region while they are getting a great bachelor’s degree in nursing.”

All clinical requirements may be satisfied in the student’s local community or one nearby. UNMC has relationships with more than 100 health care institutions across Nebraska and in select other states to provide students a convenient, diverse range of clinical learning.

“I am very excited because we see one of our major tasks to help with workforce development across the state,” said UNMC Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dele Davies, 医学博士(图中). “当我们可以带一个学生, who has just completed an associate of nursing degree and bring them into our BSN program, it means that we are adding value and increasing opportunities for future expanded roles and career advancement for the student. We want to add value to the communities we are in.”

根据协议, UNMC will recruit and admit students to the program in collaboration with University of Nebraska Online and offer advising and send instructors to CCC for on-site facilitation. Instructors also will connect with students on a daily or weekly basis via remote technology to respond to questions or provide advisement.

“As I look at health care and nursing in the future, one of the things that is most important is partnering with communities to find ways to make nursing education more accessible and streamlined for students,” said UNMC College of Nursing Dean Juliann Sebastian, 博士(右图). “This partnership exemplifies that. We appreciate CCC very much and look forward to working closely with their students, 教师, 员工及领导.”

CCC will assist with student recruitment, provide space for on-site facilitation and collaboration and participate on an advisory committee to provide input on local nursing needs and program enhancements.

Advising sessions start this summer and coursework begins this fall.

Nursing courses are taught at CCC’s Columbus and Grand Island campuses and 科尔尼中心.