GREENSBORO (July 30, 2021) – We’ve heard stories about firefighters who run toward the fire rather than away from it. Well three UNC Greensboro nursing students did just that at the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year. In the accompanying video, UNCG Associate Dean of Nursing Heidi Krowchuk tells the stories of three graduate students… READ MORE
Nurses: ‘Burnout is serious’
CHAPEL HILL (July 28, 2021) – Nurses were already in short supply two years ago. Add a global pandemic unlike anything seen in a century, with long hours and, for some, repeated patient deaths, and nurses’ stresses only mounted. That had dramatic costs in both human and financial terms. “Burnout is serious,” Dr. Cheryl Jones,… READ MORE
Nursing Heroes: ‘That nurse’
GREENSBORO (July 23, 2021) – She is “that nurse” – the nurse with the sleeve of tattoos screening patients for COVID-19 outside UNC Hospitals whose photo went viral in March 2020. She is also Grace Cindric, a 2016 graduate of UNC Greensboro’s School of Nursing. And she is “one of our alums – a nurse… 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
‘We have to compete’ for nursing faculty
GREENSBORO (July 21, 2021) – Hiring and keeping nursing faculty isn’t a challenge just at community colleges. “One of the things that vexes us is that while there’s great student demand for spots in nursing schools, the supply of nursing faculty is actually quite constricted,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
Nursing Heroes: ‘The Mother Teresa of Durham’
CHAPEL HILL (July 16, 2021) – So very many factors influence wellness – and Dr. Sharon Elliott-Bynum embraced them all. In the accompanying video, Dr. Cheryl Giscombe, a Professor in the School of Nursing at UNC Chapel Hill, describes the community health center Elliott-Bynum built – and built and built and built – until she… READ MORE
HELP WANTED: Nurses
RALEIGH (July 14, 2021) – There’s no better time to appreciate nurses in North Carolina. As we climb out of a global pandemic, we’ve seen nurses take incredible risks to themselves and their families. We’ve seen them hold the hands of patients as they die. We’ve seen them hold tablets for patients to see and… READ MORE
UNCG: More nurses
GREENSBORO (July14, 2021) – To examine how one state university is confronting North Carolina’s nursing shortage, we need to look back six years. “We’re turning away 140 qualified nursing students every year,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam Jr. said in 2015. “Cone Health tells us we cannot produce nurses fast enough for them to hire…. READ MORE
UNC Pembroke: Improve health in Southeast NC
PEMBROKE – Obesity. Heart disease. Diabetes. Southeast North Carolina faces persistent health problems – Robeson County, in fact, has ranked last in the state in health for the last three years.1 Access to care is key, Provost David Ward of the University of North Carolina Pembroke says in the accompanying video. “The state may have… READ MORE
Serving the community with WSSU health professionals
WINSTON-SALEM – Winston-Salem State University is North Carolina’s top producer of bachelor’s degrees for African-Americans in nursing and health professions.1 In the accompanying video, WSSU Chancellor Elwood Robinson traces that to when the university – which started as a teachers’ college – launched its nursing school in the 1950s. “As a result of that, I… READ MORE