North Carolina Nurses Association

NCNA and 12 other organizations are throwing their support behind House Bill 655, the NC Health Care of Working Families Act.

Lab coats will be taking over the General Assembly on Wednesday, April 3, as more than a thousand nurses and nurse advocates descend on Raleigh for the 2019 Nurses Day at the Legislature.

Sen. Hise, Rep. Dobson and a bipartisan group of legislators have introduced the SAVE Act, which will grant Full Practice Authority to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in North Carolina.

Even as floodwaters continue rising across the state, it is abundantly clear that North Carolina will not recover from Hurricane Florence for a long time.

This past weekend, Chapel Hill resident Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, was elected as the next president of the American Nurses Association (ANA) during its national Membership Assembly in Washington, DC. Dr.

Lawmakers at the North Carolina General Assembly have introduced the Modernize Nursing Practice Act, a bill designed to reduce burdensome regulations and allow Full Practice Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs).

During a presentation to North Carolina legislators Tuesday morning, Dr. Chris Conover, a health economist at Duke University, explained that Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) are being underutilized due to restrictive regulations.

Four different nursing advocacy groups are endorsing a federal bill that will better enable Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to treat veterans.

HB 560 helps strengthens regulations to help protect all hospital workers.

The results of a new study show that North Carolina could save between $433 million and $4.3 billion by allowing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to practice to the full scope of their training and education.