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With just a few days until commencement, Anna Linton isn’t sure what to do with her newly found free time.  Linton jump-started her college career as a high school junior. At 16, she transferred to Levine Middle College, which allows students to earn college credit while in high school. After completing high school and earning […]

AG-ACNP PROGRAM VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION Dec 14, 2023 12:00 PM Future Niner Nursing Graduate Students, UNC Charlotte, along with Atrium Health, are partners in the AG-ACNP program. We are conducting a virtual Informational Session on the AG-ACNP Program on Zoom. The date is Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 12 noon (EST). We will be answering questions […]

Congratulations to two School of Nursing teams who were awarded funding from the UNC Charlotte Center for Teaching and Learning for their grant proposals!  Dr. Lufei Young, Dr. Meredith Troutman-Jordan, and Professor Tiffany Jackson for “Escape Room Simulation: An Innovative Approach to Community Health Nursing for Undergraduate Students”. Dr. Kathleen Jordan, Dr. Katherine Shue-McGuffin, and […]

Food insecurity for college students can cause poor academic performance, not completing programs, along with distress, illness and overall anxiety. Please go to the following website to learn more about hunger among college students.  Gamma Iota Chapter of Sigma will be sponsoring a food drive for the Jamil Niner Student Food Pantry. We will wrap […]

Our UNC Charlotte nursing students are amazing! Recently, our students were able to provide care to the husband one of our fellow Niners. He was a patient on the cardiac floor at Atrium Health Cabarrus. It was a nerve wracking week for his family, but they were comforted by the care he received from the […]

College can be a challenging time, but with the right strategies and resources, you can set yourself up for success. Strategic resource utilization is crucial for college success because it allows you to maximize your potential and make the most of your time here at the UNC Charlotte School of Nursing. By using the various […]

The UNC Charlotte School Nursing welcomes Dr. Susan McLennon Ph.D, ANP-BC, CNE, the newly appointed Director of the UNC Charlotte School of Nursing and Professor. Over her academic career, she has had the privilege to support faculty and student success, previously serving as the Interim Dean & Executive Associate Dean of the School of Nursing at […]

by: The American Red Cross A powerhouse in transfusion medicine, Dr. Yvette Miller is helping to shape clinical practices, broaden awareness and understanding into the plights of those living with sickle cell disease and how blood donors who are Black can help. With a long-distinguished career at the American Red Cross, she serves as the […]

Story by Michael J. Solender (The Charlotte Ledger) Early in nursing educator Melinda Pierce’s teaching career, her students practiced administering injections into the flesh of an orange instead of a patient. Today, Pierce’s teaching tools don’t involve citrus. Leading the way are high fidelity patient simulators, life-sized robotic patients that present her students with symptoms. […]