North Carolina Nurses Association

During testimony before the North Carolina General Assembly, leaders from the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) offered a dire account on the state's ability to protect front line healthcare workers from catching coronavirus.

Last week brought sobering news to North Carolina, with the announcement that at least two people in the state have contracted the novel coronavirus.

The North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) is welcoming new leaders and recognizing nurses and organizations that are helping drive Nursing Forward® in North Carolina. Roughly 550 nurses, nursing students, and guests gathered at the M.C.

By NCNA President Elaine M. Scherer, MAEd, BSN, RN National Nurses Week was first declared 26 years ago in 1993 to celebrate and elevate the nursing profession.

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).