All month long we will be celebrating Career Development and the awesome opportunities available to our students at the Eastern NC Regional Skills Center! Discovering career interests in classroom activities, clinicals to explore local career options, job shadows for students who have signed up, and guest speakers in our CTE courses are just a few things students can expect to see, not just in November, but all year long!

Our students at the Skills Center have OPTIONS and we want them to know all of them! Keep an eye on our social media sites to see all the great updates, career information, and cool career things our students are doing next month!

If you have questions or have a student who might be interested in furthering career skills here at the Skills Center, please encourage them to reach out to Emily Humphrey, at emily.humphrey@onslow.k12.nc.us.

WELCOME! Visit our site often to see what amazing things we have going on and are planning for the future.

Welcome! I am the Nursing Fundamentals Instructor. I have over nine years of experience and knowledge in nursing that I will be sharing with my students who have an interest in pursuing a career in healthcare. After successfully completing Nursing Fundamentals and Practicum, you will be eligible to obtain your nurse aide certificate. This certificate will allow you to begin working as a Nurse Aide I and can be a great stepping stone to any medical related career goal one may have. I hope to encourage and help each student develop an interest in a healthcare field that fits them as the unique person that they are. By doing this students will be able to feel confident in their endeavor to achieve their career goal. I have high standards for my students and my hope is that when they leave my program, they feel confident and knowledgeable with a firm foundation that they will be able to build upon in the years to come. I feel honored and look forward to teaching the future generation of healthcare workers!

Nursing Fundamentals & Practicum

To develop the future skilled workforce of Eastern North Carolina.

*Certified Nurse Aide I - Once you have successfully completed the Nursing Fundamentals and Practicum course you will receive a certificate of completion. This certificate allows you to apply to take your written exam and skills evaluation. When this is successfully completed you will be placed on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry.

The Eastern North Carolina Regional Skills Center is an integrated educational and employment resource that prepares students for high-value, in-demand career pathways and post-secondary options through advanced training and skill development.

*The Nursing Fundamentals & Practicum Program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to become certified as a Nurse Aide. Certified Nurse Aides work under the supervision of Licensed Nurses or Physicians to help provide the most fundamental elements of a patient's care. Certified Nurse Aides have an enormous impact on a patient's day-to-day experience.

As a team, we support and reinforce the following values:

• Strong work ethic
• Professionalism
• Communication skills
• Adaptability
• Leadership
• Ownership
• Ability to work in teams and individually
• Goal oriented
• Innovative
• Interpersonal skills

*While in Nursing Fundamentals students are required to learn and check off on many skills such as blood pressures, height and weight, transferring patients to wheelchairs, applying TED hoses, nail care, catheter care, measuring intake and output, assisting residents with feeding and many more. Once successfully completing the course and meeting all clinical requirements students are required to attend a 40-hour clinical experience providing hands-on experience with real patients in a local nursing home.

Our programs consist of TWO 9-week courses each semester. Students are with us for two class periods per day, either in the morning or in the afternoon. Daily attendance is imperative as each day = 2 actual classes at the Skills Center. Please reach out if you have questions about our schedule or your student's attendance.

We would like to give a SPECIAL THANK YOU to our Business Partners that came out and partnered with us for this event:

• Goshen Medical
• HP Blessed (Heather Paicer), Scentsy Consultant
• JLWolfe Interiors, LLC
• Onslow County Parks and Recreation
• Onslow County Sherriff's Department
• The Unique Bee
• US Army Recruiting

*We hope that everyone will join us for our spring community event as well. If you would LIKE to participate as a vendor, please be on the lookout for a form to fill out in January.

Please contact your Career Development Coordinator (see below) for more information about HOW YOU CAN take classes HERE at the Skills Center!

The importance of communication between school and home cannot be overstated. Research shows that students with engaged families earn higher grades and test scores, adapt more quickly, attend school more regularly, have better behavior and social skills, and go on to graduate at higher rates. Parents who have an idea of what is happening in the classroom are better equipped to help their students succeed and can align learning at home with learning at school.

Linked below are the webpages for each teacher here at the Skills Center. Please feel free to communicate with your child's teacher via email or you may reach them by calling 910.989.2020. We are all in this together for the success of each student!

• Collision Refinishing & Repair Technology - Robert Whaley
• Culinary Arts & Hospitality - Jacqueline Sharpe
• Digital Design & Animation - Frank Jones
• HVAC - Terry Braddom
• Network Administration - Kari Cobb
• Nursing Fundamentals & Practicum - Kendra Hobbs
• Robotics & Engineering - Susi Price
• Welding Technology - Michael Morton

Email: Emily.Humphrey@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/ENCRSC
Location: 261 NW Corridor Blvd, Jacksonville, NC, USA
Phone: (910) 989-2020
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ENCRegionalSkillsCenter
Twitter: @eastern_nc