The GCC practical nursing program aspires to be an agent for a more equitable, just, vibrant and resilient world through education and development of a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Our vision is to prepare practical nurses who are capable of meeting the basic psychosocial and physical needs of all individuals and their families with common, well-defined health problems in a manner in which personal preferences and beliefs are honored.

The GCC practical nursing certificate program is committed to providing individuals the education necessary to become an integral part of the health-care team and assume positions as practical nurses in structured 7 health-care settings. Practical nursing education is a planned sequence of teaching-learning activities utilizing the nursing process and clinical judgment as clinical reasoning and problem-solving techniques. A graduate of the practical nursing certificate program will be prepared to practice basic therapeutic, restorative, and preventive nursing in a safe, caring and competent manner.

We believe that nursing is an art and science that assists, guides and supports individuals and their families in adaptive responses that promote well-being. Individuals and their families are by nature whole, complex, multidimensional systems. Holistic health is the state of well being of the whole person. Adaptive responses between the individual and their internal and external environment promotes health, improves the quality of life and allows for dignity in death.

Our faculty appreciates the diversity and individuality of our students. We encourage them to actively participate in their own learning which we view as a life-long process in an ever-changing health-care environment.