Rebuilding the Workforce: The Impact of North Carolina’s Registered Nurse (RN) Refresher Program and Curriculum Transformation on Nursing Practice
The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Registered Nurse (RN) Refresher Program’s 2024–2025 curriculum revision was the result of statewide collaboration. All modules were revised and costs reduced, resulting in more than a 55% enrollment increase and 45 license reactivations, demonstrating that academia and practice partners can collaborate to address North Carolina’s nursing workforce shortage.
Authors
- Ellen Zimmerman
- May Cheung
- Felicia Mosley-Williams
- Bethany Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8896-0368)
- Porshia Mizzelle
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Northwestern Health Sciences University (US)
- Education Northwest (US)
- Coastal Area Health Education Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- North Carolina Medical Journal
- Published
- 2026-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18043/001c.163784
- Primary Topic
- Nursing education and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00