RALEIGH (August 20, 2021) – We’ve heard team-based care is increasingly important in health care – and it is. But is there any question who spends the most time with patients, particularly in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted-living centers? “Probably 99 percent of the time is nurse-patient contact,” Dr. Ann Marie Milner, Director of Nursing… READ MORE
Nurses for rural North Carolina
(Aug. 4, 2021) – Big urban hospitals’ demand for nurses seems obvious. But what’s less obvious is the need for nurses in North Carolina’s rural communities. “You find that our graduates are more likely to be in those places that are sometimes hardest to fill, in terms of those nursing positions,” Dr. Scott Ralls, President… READ MORE
The nursing faculty bottleneck
RALEIGH (July 21, 2021) – There’s no shortage of people who want to be nurses. And there’s no shortage of people who want to hire them. The shortage is a shortage of instructors – largely because they can make more money being a nurse than teaching students how to nurse. “When you can make more… READ MORE