Clinical Learning Center
Located on the 2nd floor of the Weinstein Health Sciences Building, UNCP’s 14,500-square-foot Clinical Learning Center (CLC) offers students an immersive, hands-on environment to bridge classroom theory and real-world practice. At the CLC, you’ll build confidence and competence by actively engaging with real-life scenarios — from acute care to mental health to home-based nursing — ensuring you're ready for the demands of clinical placements and professional practice.
Elevate Your Clinical Skills
UNCP’s Clinical Learning Center is where nursing students turn knowledge into action.
This cutting-edge facility offers hands-on training in realistic clinical settings
— equipping you with the skills, confidence and critical thinking needed to thrive
in today’s fast-paced health care environments. From high-fidelity simulations to
fully equipped labs, the CLC prepares you to step into clinical practice with experience
that feels real.
Why UNCP Stands Apart
At UNCP, our manikin-based simulators give nursing students the opportunity to build confidence and clinical skills in a safe, hands-on environment that mirrors real-life scenarios. From labor and delivery to pediatric and adult care, our diverse range of high-fidelity manikins helps students practice assessments, interventions, and communication across the lifespan.
Plus, our facility boasts:
- Seven specialized simulation labs—Basic Care, Advanced Care, Maternal/Child, Pediatric, Psychiatric/Mental Health, Health Assessment and the Brenda Brooks Home Care apartment — are equipped to replicate diverse patient scenarios across the lifespan.
- High-tech integration & observation capabilities, featuring live video streaming, recording, and debriefing spaces that support faculty-supervised, reflective learning.
- Realistic simulation tools, from manikins that breathe, speak, and exhibit physiological responses to fully furnished home-care settings, empowering you to practice critical thinking, clinical judgment, and interprofessional collaboration safely.
- Structured debriefing & faculty mentorship, using best practices like the Debriefing for Meaningful Learning model to guide self-reflection, teamwork and continuous improvement.
