Nursing Learning Center

The Nursing Learning Center (NLC) complex consists of clinical nursing skills/simulation laboratories, audiovisual/auto-tutorial areas, and a nursing computer and media center. All are used for scheduled nursing classes, conferences, and laboratories. A wide range of nursing equipment and simulators are available for teaching and practicing clinical skills.

The Nursing Program faculty members teach nursing classes in the NLC using a variety of teaching/learning strategies in an effort to accommodate the diverse learning styles of our students and to foster their critical thinking skills. The innovative and caring faculty provide student guidance, supervision, remediation, and enrichment to assist nursing students to meet their educational goals.

The NLC concept was born shortly after the nursing program began at Monroe Community College in the 1960s. It was established as an integral part of the nursing curriculum and was originally called the Nursing Laboratory. The NLC's current site is within the newly built Louis S. and Molly B. Wolk Center for Excellence in Nursing. The NLC has evolved through the years to become a well-equipped, interactive teaching/learning facility, which includes cutting edge patient simulation technology. It has proven its worth by becoming an essential component of the nursing curriculum. Hence, its mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives are synonymous with that of the Department of Nursing and the terminal objectives of the nursing program.