The Essential Bridge: Leveraging Practical Nurse Education to Strengthen North Carolina’s Nursing Workforce Pipeline
North Carolina’s nursing workforce challenges are most visible where the health system is most fragile—rural communities, long-term care, behavioral health, correctional health, and home- and community-based services. Expanding practical nurse education is a pragmatic, equity-centered strategy for North Carolina.
Authors
- Lori Hayes Byrd
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- North Carolina Medical Journal
- Published
- 2026-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18043/001c.163089
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00