Nursing Archives

Aug 29, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Kovar, 9 ECU Nursing alumni named Distinguished Public Health Nurses

College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Cheryl Kovar has been named a Distinguished Public Health Nurse in North Carolina. Kovar, an assistant professor in the advanced nursing practice and education department,...

Aug 15, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU Nursing faculty member receives lung cancer research grant

East Carolina University College of Nursing faculty member Dr. LeeAnn Jarrett-Johnson was selected to receive one of five Lung Cancer Research Fellowship Grants awarded by the Lung Cancer Initiative of...

Jul 29, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU faculty member inducted as fellow of the AANP

Dr. Michelle Skipper, a nurse practitioner and director of the ECU College of Nursing’s doctor of nursing practice program was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse...

Jun 24, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU Nursing professor appointed to FDA advisory committee

An ECU College of Nursing faculty member has been appointed to serve on a committee for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the nation’s foremost authority on protecting public...

Ruba Raza gets her hair cut by Stephani Funez during the 2019 Pirates Vs. Cancer event in the Health Science Campus student center.
Apr 08, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Stefani Funez spends most of her days trying to entertain herself in a hospital room. This has been the case for the 15-year-old Duplin County resident since she was diagnosed...

Apr 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

CON faculty member uses radio segment to discuss health topics

One College of Nursing faculty member has found a creative way to air—and share—health information with the community. Wendy Bridgers, clinical instructor in baccalaureate education in the College of Nursing,...

Mar 26, 2019
  • ECU News Services

College of Nursing inducts 8 new members into Hall of Fame

The ECU College of Nursing inducted eight new members to its Hall of Fame on Friday, March 15, 2019, and honored its newest Distinguished Alumni Award winner during a ceremony...

Feb 20, 2019
  • ECU News Services

‘An important step’

The Society for Simulation in Healthcare granted provisional accreditation to the East Carolina University College of Nursing’s simulation program, making ECU the only public university in the state with either...

Feb 01, 2019
  • ECU News Services

New nursing students take next step

The ECU College of Nursing welcomed two new groups of future nurses during a ceremony at the Brody School of Medicine on Jan. 24. Parents beamed while their daughters and...

Jan 25, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU Physicians nurse achieves certification in multiple sclerosis care

A nurse manager with ECU Physicians has been named a Multiple Sclerosis Certified Nurse by the Multiple Sclerosis Nurses International Certification Board. Lovie A. Powers earned the designation for her...