Vol. 7, No. 1
- Magnet Designation for UNC Hospitals
- Ethnic Minority Visiting Scholar Lecture on Feb. 21
- Meet Micah McCanna, Nursing Student and Winter Sports Athlete
- SON’s Barksdale Featured on UNC.edu
- News You Can Use
- 2011 Carolina Summer Research Institutes and Courses
News You Can Use
Here are some recent publications that you might find interesting:
UNC Health, BCBS plan joint facility
This News & Observer article announces that Blue Cross and Blue Shield will collaborate with the UNC Health Care System to build a primary care facility in the triangle that will coordinate care exclusively for about 5,000 Blue Cross members. In the article, UNC Health Care CEO Bill Roper says: “We could have done this before the reform passed, but the legislation last year and continuing debate only adds to the urgency that we get serious about redesigning health care,” Roper said. “Whatever happens in Washington or Raleigh, our health care costs too much. We need to do better.”
NEJM: Broadening the Scope of Nursing Practice
The New England Journal of Medicine offers a perspective on the need to establish a standardized and broadened scope of practice for nurse practitioners in all states, especially as health care reform moves forward. The comments on this article are also very interesting.
AACN Data Confirm that Nurses with Bachelor’s Degrees Are More Likely to Secure Jobs Sooner after Graduation than Other Professionals
Data from the AACN shows that BSN graduates are more likely to secure jobs and also identifies the South as a good region for those nurses to gain employment.