Five Graduate from VGCC Nurse Aide I Program

Above: Five students at Vance-Granville Community College’s South Campus who have completed the Nurse Aide I program were honored at a graduation ceremony on April 10. Pictured, from left: coordinator Julie Cooke, graduating students Diane Glenn of Durham, Vanessa Edwards of Oxford and Denise Wood of Stem, instructor Marilyn Hicks, graduating student Nicole Cates of Butner, instructor Sherie Kemp-Bruce, and graduating student Dawn Minkley of Creedmoor. While taking the Nurse Aide I class, the students participated in clinical experience at Brantwood Nursing Home and at Granville Medical Center. These graduates are now eligible to take the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Competency Exam. Nurse Aide I & II programs are designed to prepare students to become Certified Nursing Assistants. For more information about Nurse Aide programs at VGCC, contact Julie Cooke at (252) 738-3366.