Nursing Archives

Jul 30, 2018
  • Bri Deel

Student: Katelyn Kincer

Katelyn Kincer, a rising senior in the Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses (RIBN) program at East Carolina University, is at the top of her class. “Katelyn has been an amazing student...

Jul 25, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Boys & Girls Club members explore nursing at ECU

A group of middle school and high school students from the Farmville Boys & Girls Club paid a visit to the ECU College of Nursing Thursday, July 19, to learn...

Jul 24, 2018
  • ECU News Services

After wife’s death, professor creates nursing scholarship in her name

Dr. Tom Irons keeps a voicemail on his phone of his wife laughing. It’s just a short giggle in an otherwise mundane message, but her laugh is one of the...

Jun 05, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

NURSING EXCELLENCE

A nurse manager in adult and pediatric health care has been selected by her peers as the 2018 Nurse of the Year at ECU Physicians, the medical practice of the...

May 30, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU names interim vice chancellor for health sciences

ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton announced today that he has named an interim vice chancellor for the university’s Division of Health Sciences. Dr. Mark Stacy, dean of ECU’s Brody School of...

ECU Pirates cut their hair to raise money for pediatric cancer research during the 2018 Pirates Vs. Cancer event. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 16, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Music from a live band pumped through speakers outside of ECU’S Health Sciences Student Center on Friday afternoon, as gusting winds provided relief from the eastern North Carolina springtime heat...

Apr 04, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

IMPROVING PATIENT COMMUNICATION

East Carolina University students interested in careers in health care will soon have a new tool to help them better communicate with Spanish-speaking patients, a rapidly increasing segment of the...

Mar 21, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU College of Nursing inducts 11 into Hall of Fame

The ECU College of Nursing inducted 11 new members to its Hall of Fame on Friday, March 16, and honored its newest Distinguished Alumni Award winner during a ceremony at...

Dr. Phyllis Horns, vice chancellor of the health sciences division, will step down after nearly 10 years in the role.
Mar 14, 2018
  • Spaine Stephens

COMING FULL CIRCLE

An East Carolina University leadership mainstay, who has filled many shoes at the university—from student to vice chancellor—has announced her intent to rejoin the faculty. After serving as vice chancellor...

Feb 13, 2018
  • ECU News Services

UnitedHealthcare donates to ECU College of Nursing

UnitedHealthcare Community & State of North Carolina presented East Carolina University’s College of Nursing with $25,000 on Friday, Feb. 12 to fund scholarships for students enrolled in the Regionally Increasing...