Nursing Archives

Dec 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Among the best: ECU College of Nursing earns high marks

The ECU College of Nursing has been ranked the No. 14 nursing school in the United States and the No. 6 public nursing school nationally. The rankings are the result...

Division of Health Sciences campus (Photo by Robbie Passell)
Dec 19, 2018
  • Amy Adams Ellis

VISIONARY LEADER

East Carolina University has named Dr. Mark Stacy vice chancellor for its Division of Health Sciences, effective January 1, 2019. He has served in the role as interim vice chancellor...

Dr. Gene Tranbarger, the first male president of the NCNA and an ECU faculty emeritus, speaks during the College of Nursing Diversity Day event on Nov. 1 as assistant professor Dr. Thompson Forbes and incoming American Nurses Association president Dr. Ernest Grant look on.
Nov 13, 2018
  • Natalie Sayewich

MEN IN NURSING

Why does diversity matter? This was the question that directed a conversation held recently at the East Carolina Heart Institute featuring trailblazers of the nursing profession sharing insights with current...

Brody School of Medicine student Dylan Flood pauses to speak to a victim while assessing another during the interprofessional mass casualty simulation at the College of Nursing on Nov. 10. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 13, 2018
  • Natalie Sayewich

DISASTER DRILL

Nursing and medical students rushed toward the yelling and moaning that echoed through the College of Nursing on Saturday morning. When they arrived at the frenzied scene of bodies and...

Oct 24, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU nursing dean named Fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education

ECU College of Nursing Dean Dr. Sylvia Brown was recently inducted as a Fellow in nursing education’s most prestigious organization, placing her among the country’s most respected nurse educators. Brown...

Oct 24, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU nursing dean named Fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education

ECU College of Nursing Dean Dr. Sylvia Brown was recently inducted as a Fellow in nursing education’s most prestigious organization, placing her among the country’s most respected nurse educators. Brown...

ECU College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Michelle Skipper, who was awarded the Governor’s Award for Public Service last year for helping St. Pauls residents after Hurricane Matthew in 2016, is back in action in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 26, 2018
  • Natalie Sayewich

EXPERT CARE

The community of St. Pauls in southeastern North Carolina has become well versed in the damage that hurricanes can cause, and ECU College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Michelle Skipper...

Sep 19, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU College of Nursing welcomes new students at Lamp of Learning ceremony

The ECU College of Nursing welcomed 122 future nurses on Sept. 6 during a ceremony at the Brody School of Medicine. Parents beamed while their daughters and sons crossed the...

The new Goshen Medical Center mobile medical van will transport health care providers and medical equipment to provide care in remote areas of eastern North Carolina. (Photo by Matt Smith)
Sep 10, 2018
  • Natalie Sayewich

FOURTH YEAR GRANTED

A fourth year of funding for ECU’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) will mean new ways for seniors in eastern North Carolina to access health care. GWEP, initially funded by...

Jul 31, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU Physicians nurse practitioner earns dermatology certification

A nurse practitioner with ECU Physicians has earned a certification in dermatology. Erin McGillicuddy Hurd has been awarded the Dermatology Certified Nurse Practitioner (DCNP) designation by the Dermatology Nursing Certification...