Nurses

The effort comes as North Carolina faces an impending shortage of nurses over the next decade.

The university is putting its nursing Ph.D. program online in an effort to meet the needs of its students.

UNC Johnston is like a lot of other hospitals in North Carolina right now. The big spikes in COVID-19 patients that stretched the health system to nearly its breaking point are in the past. Hopefully for good. But the coronavirus is going to be a way of life for a long time - and that’s meant long-term changes for hospitals.

UNC-Greensboro nursing professor Audrey Snyder is helping train Moldovan nurses to respond to the more than 230,00 refugees that have recently arrived at their border with Ukraine.

Daily COVID-19 hospitalizations have surged past 3,500, a figure not seen in North Carolina since January.

School nurses are a vital resource as schools reopen their doors to more students during the pandemic, but most public schools in North Carolina don't have a full-time nurse.

A survey of hospitals across North Carolina found uneven results for staffing sexual assault nurse examiners. Some described rape victims visiting multiple hospitals until finding one with the proper personnel.

A new survey finds a growing number of North Carolina nurses are willing to take the coronavirus vaccine, but many still have lingering reservations.

Strikes and labor organizing are on the rise as essential workers grapple with safety concerns while on the job. Meatpacking plants, city sanitation and…

Strikes and labor organizing are on the rise as essential workers grapple with safety concerns while on the job. Meatpacking plants, city sanitation and…