The Essential Bridge: Leveraging Practical Nurse Education to Strengthen North Carolina’s Nursing Workforce Pipeline
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Source: North Carolina Medical Journal
DOI: 10.18043/001c.163089
Author: Lori Hayes Byrd
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Language: English
Subfield: Research and Theory
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7166670219