Health Professions
Nursing
Education Resources:
College Foundation of North Carolina Information about Nursing Education (includes RN to BSN and RN to MSN information)
Downloads:
AHEC Nursing Initiatives: History and Accomplishments 1990-2006 (pdf format)
Each AHEC is staffed by an interdisciplinary faculty, including one or more nursing educators. Since the program's beginning, nursing education and clinical training have been an integral part of its mission to expose nurses to new technology and to innovative methods and models of professional nursing practice. The AHEC nursing faculty have recognized that solutions to educational and workforce issues in nursing are complex and require a combination of continuing efforts.
Consistent with the AHEC Program, the mission of AHEC Nursing activities is to enhance nursing practice in North Carolina through education, training and consultation. In partnership with education and service institutions, AHEC Nurses identify emerging healthcare needs within their assigned regions and develop strategies to address these needs by:
- Promoting undergraduate and graduate nursing education
- Promoting educational mobility
- Facilitating retention and recruitment into the profession with a special focus on minorities
- Providing continuing education
| Nursing Continuing Education Statistics: 2003-2004 | |
|---|---|
| Programs | 620 |
| Attendance | 19,920 |
AHEC Nursing Education Partners:
- Duke University School of Nursing
- East Carolina University School of Nursing
- North Carolina A&T State University School of Nursing
- UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing
- UNC-Charlotte College of Nursing and Health Professions
- UNC-Greensboro School of Nursing
- UNC-Wilmington School of Nursing
AHEC Nurse Council
In addition to providing regionally focused services, AHEC nurse faculty work cooperatively through the AHEC Nurse Council to accomplish statewide initiatives and goals. The Council serves as an important forum to share ideas and approaches to specific problems as well as respond to statewide challenges and issues.
Plans and projects are adopted by consensus, through the work of an executive committee, planning committees and task forces. The AHEC Nurse Council and the NC Council of Nursing Deans meet annually to collaborate on nursing education issues and challenges, and continue to strengthen their partnership. The AHEC Program also collaborates with the NC Center for Nursing, the NC Nurses Association, the NC Board of Nursing, and a wide variety of nursing groups.