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Contact: Jeff Lowrance
704-216-3467
lowrancej@rowancabarrus.edu
 

October 24, 2008
For Immediate Release
 

RCCC Nursing Students Score Well
On State Licensure Exam
 

          SALISBURY, N.C. — The spring 2008 graduates of the associate degree nursing program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College recently achieved a 100-percent passing rate on the North Carolina licensure examination for registered nurses.

          The associate degree nursing program graduated 26 students last May, and each of them took and passed the state exam.

         Following is a list of the 2008 RCCC associate degree nursing graduates. The graduates and nursing preceptors from throughout the community were honored at a special program in April.

          China Grove

    • Lauren Dayvault
    • Christie Harris
    • Ashley Linker

          Concord

    • Jessica Barnett
    • Roseanne Byrne
    • Meredith Davis
    • Jenifer Deja
    • Tabitha England
    • Kiesha Garrido
    • Beverly Ragin
    • Jodi Shue

          Kannapolis

    • Ashley Bostian
    • Marie Hinson
    • Amanda Ousley

          Mooresville

    • Holly Roberts

          Mt. Ulla

    • Hillary White

          Rockwell

    • Amanda Propst

          Salisbury

    • Zdenka Duric
    • Kristin Elium
    • Kimberly Flowers
    • Jennifer Kurtz
    • David Lane
    • Kristine Mitchell
    • Elaine Nelson
    • Tushara Speigner
    • Elizabeth Walker
           RCCC's associate degree nursing program provides individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide nursing care to clients and groups of clients throughout the lifespan in a variety of settings. Courses will include content related to the nurse's role as provider of nursing care, as manager of care, as member of the discipline of nursing, and as a member of the interdisciplinary team.  Employment opportunities include hospitals, long term care facilities, clinics, physicians' offices, industry, and community agencies. For more information, call 704-216-3701.
 
 
About Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
 

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.

 
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