Associate Degree Nursing students from Central Lakes College are featured in the Spring 2011 edition of Health Matters, a publication from St. Gabriel’s Hospital, Little Falls. Laura Hartwig and Melanie VanHeel of Swanville, Casey Sahr of Little Falls, and Emily Crilly of Sartell are pictured on page 3 of the magazine in an article headlined “St. Gabriel’s nursing students benefit from hands-on learning experience.” Casey commends the hands-on learning as “very effective,” and Melanie cites the “fantastic” nursing staff at the hospital for making the clinical rotation a positive experience. The training heklps students integrate their skills and knowledge learned in the classroom into the clinical practice setting. CLC had 45 nursing students engaged in the training that vastly improves one’s absorption of what’s being taught, according to Gayle Nielsen, one of the college’s ADN instructors. The article can be viewed at http://www.stgabriels.com/pdf/healthmattersspring2011.pdf