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by: Kristi O'Connor
After 38 years on the job, a Charlotte nurse is hanging up her stethoscope. Cindy Brenton started her nursing career at what was then known as Charlotte Memorial Hospital, after graduating from UNC Charlotte. She worked in the medical intensive care unit, the trauma intensive care unit, and then moved into nurse management....
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With the approaching retirement of Jane Neese, senior associate dean of academic affairs, Dean Catrine Tudor-Locke has announced a series of transitions in...
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"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I am changing the things I cannot accept” (Angela Davis)
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In her nearly 11 years working as a nurse at Regional Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., Christy Murray Stromska ’07 ’09 has seen it all.
She has been on call during a mass shooting. “The fear of the unknown as ambulance after ambulance rolled into the ambulance bay was probably one of the most emotional experiences I’ve had nursing,” said Stromska, who earned ...
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by: DaShawn Brown
A mother and daughter made a journey together and are graduating from UNC Charlotte with...
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“Vital” means something specific when considering the value of nurses. It’s not just that what they do is important. The literal sense of vitality is appropriate here: lives are on the line. The health of their patients is at stake, and in times like these, so is their own. On a National Nurses Day unlike any other, thank you to our Niner Nurses, and to all nurses across the globe.
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Brittany Akinsola '11 is a nursing alum who left her home in Charlotte to work in the NYC-based Samaritans Purse ...
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Many weeks ago, as the novel coronavirus was first emerging in the United States with a cluster of cases on the west coast, the UNC Charlotte School of Nursing began preparations to support its students in the event COVID-19 came to North Carolina. With 112 students set to graduate in May, finding a way to help nurses-in-training...
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Donna Owen ’73 had big dreams while growing up in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. She wanted to practice nursing at a big hospital in a big city.
Owen dedicated her career to caring for others, and now the School of Nursing is recognizing her with its Distinguished Alumni Award. She will receive the honor during the ...
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While many 49er nursing graduates start their careers in the urban sprawl of Charlotte, the School of Nursing is now also leading the way in increasing the number of advanced practice nurses in more rural areas.
Recent master’s graduate Michelle Trexler is a part of the group of recent graduates working to meet...
