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Richmond

Community

College

Opens Simulation

Learning Center

National Concerns Spark

Local Innovation ~by Bonnie Hunter
Richmond Community College

he United States is predicted to dedication to producing prepared and The Center is in the former Sandhills
experience a registered nurse skilled nurses for the future through Regional Medical Center facility next to
shortage if individuals currently its Associate Degree Nursing program. the RCC campus in Hamlet. An area of
T facing retirement are not The program recently expanded student that building was remodeled to look like an
replaced with newly trained nurses. access to experiential training with the acute care hospital wing. RCC funded the
Richmond Community College (RCC) is opening of the RCC Simulation Learning remodel and the simulation technology in
combating this possible crisis with increased Center (SLC). collaboration with Golden Leaf Foundation
and FirstHealth of the Carolinas.
Sharonda Sturm, a member of RCC’s
nursing faculty, serves as Simulation
Facilitator for the SLC. Sturm believes
the impact of the SLC reaches beyond
nursing and healthcare. “It gives our
workforce community an edge by creating
a stronger candidate.”
The program encourages professionalism
and improves communication skills, while
continuing to assert the importance of
traditional clinical training. This project is
an example of how potential deficiency can
become an opportunity for innovation.

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