Nursing Program

The nursing program at Southeastern Community College – Whiteville prepares students for careers in hospitals, convalescent centers, clinics, home care, and physician's offices. The program focuses on knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for the sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Program courses include: administration of medication and treatments, assisting and physician during treatments and examinations, referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. Get more details below including other North Carolina colleges that offer nursing program.

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Southeastern Community College – Whiteville (SAU)

1700 Dogwood Mile, Laurinburg, NC

Southeastern Community College also known as SCC is a public community college that provides accessible educational, cultural and social opportunities for you. They can help you meet your educational needs with the help of their exceptional faculty and student centered learning environment. In SCC you can prepare for a successful transfer to a college or university, gain skills to start a new career or upgrade your existing skills. SCC is committed to making higher education accessible and achievable to all by adopting traditional delivery methods as well as non-traditional methods by using the Internet, conducting night classes and distance learning methods. Your active participation and persistence in the learning process would decide your success at SCC.

SCC was founded in 1964 and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificates, associate degrees and diplomas. SCC offers a wide variety of college credit programs and continuing education courses. Some of their unique programs include American Sign Language, Broadcasting and Production Technology Program, Fine Arts Program in Art and Music and First Agricultural Biotechnology Associate Degree Program.  These are just few programs and a complete list of programs offered by them can be obtained from their website - http://www.sccnc.edu/ProgramsCourses.aspx

SCC also offers you with counseling services, individualized tutoring services and disability services.

At SCC, learning does not stop when you leave the classroom. There are a variety of opportunities for you to achieve your academic, career and personal goals. Various workshops in Leadership skills, mentoring programs, fellowships and community activities are offered, which you can explore.

Students Enrolled in the Nursing Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Southeastern Community College – Whiteville offers an associate's degree program in nursing.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Registered Nurses

Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).