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Laurel Institutes
Laurel Institutes - Morgantown, WV
Laurel Institutes' are dedicated to providing career focused education and professional certifications for individuals seeking employment in various careers in response to the need of the regional employer community.
Laurel's goal is to provide students with a quality education and to help develop talents, skills, and knowledge for a sustainable career in a strong and viable industry. Employers meet with faculty, staff, and administration to improve existing programs and to help create new ones, depending on the how the economy and needs of industry are evolving. The skills and knowledge students gain when they earn an Associate in Specialized Business or an Associate in Specialized Technology degree from Laurel come directly from the people who do the hiring and who know what qualities make a reliable and valuable employee.
Nurses are the first line of care and the backbone of day-to-day operations in many healthcare settings, especially in today's society.
In Laurel College of Technology's newest Associates Degree of Nursing 20-month Nursing program, student will learn:
- Hands-on patient skills
- Recording patients' histories and symptoms
- Operating medical equipment
- Proper communication skills with patients
- Critical decision-making skills
- Learn to work in a team to determine the best care options
- The latest in healthcare technologies
Laurel's School of Healthcare offers a 16-month Specialized Associate Degree in Cardiovascular Technology. Students in this program are trained in the performance of non-invasive testing such as EKG (ECG) and Cardiac Sonography/Echo procedures which provide valuable recorded data utilized in cardiac medical evaluation. Cardiovascular Technicians perform diagnostic, administrative and clinical duties under the direction of a physician.
Students will develop skills in:
- ECG (EKG)
- Holter Monitoring
- Exercise Stress Testing
- Telemetry
- Echocardiography
- Cardiac Doppler
200 Wedgewood Drive
Morgantown,