Owensboro, KY (02/21/2025) — Owensboro Community & Technical College will hold Experience Nursing Day on Friday, May 2, 2025, offering high school students a unique opportunity to explore the nursing field through hands-on learning. This event will provide aspiring healthcare professionals with an inside look at what it takes to become a nurse and make a difference in the world of patient care.

Experience Nursing Day is an interactive program designed to give students a real-world perspective on nursing. Participants will practice essential nursing skills such as taking vital signs, performing physical assessments, and wound care. They will engage with experienced nursing faculty and staff to gain valuable insights and explore the daily life of an OCTC nursing student through immersive, hands-on activities.

This event will be at OCTCs Main Campus - Academic Building, located at 4800 New Hartford Rd., Owensboro, KY 42303. Session 1 will be held from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM, and Session 2 will take place from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Seating for this hands-on experience is limited, and participants are encouraged to sign up early. Students should register for only one session to allow others the opportunity to attend. To register for the event, please visit bit.ly/ExperienceNursingDay2025.

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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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