New Nurse Practitioner Joins Palliative Care And Hospice Providers At Vidant Health | Eastern NC Now

    GREENVILLE — Nicole Averett, a board certified nurse practitioner, will join the palliative care and hospice team at Vidant Medical Center and The Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice located at 920 Wellness Drive.

    Averett graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a masters of science in nursing. Her areas of interest include palliative and end of life care, geriatrics, and oncology.

    "I have been working as a registered nurse at Vidant Medical Center for nearly six years," she said. "I am excited about the opportunity to stay with Vidant while practicing in an advanced practitioner role with the palliative care and hospice team."

    Averett is joining Dr. Tae Joon Lee, medical director, home health, hospice and palliative care for Vidant Health, along with nurse practitioners Laura Carmon, Abby Fuoto, Charley Tyre, and Christy Welborn.

    Vidant Medical Group is a multispecialty physician and provider group that is part of Vidant Health. Vidant Health is a network of interconnected physician practices, more than 12,000 employees, eight hospitals, home health and hospice programs and wellness facilities.

    For more information, visit www.VidantHealth.com.

    Vidant Health, a mission-driven, not-for-profit corporation, owns, leases or has a majority membership interest in eight eastern North Carolina hospitals. The health system includes Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Vidant Bertie Hospital, Vidant Chowan Hospital, Vidant Duplin Hospital, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, The Outer Banks Hospital, Vidant Medical Center, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Vidant Home Health and Hospice,Vidant Wellness Centers, Vidant Medical Group and is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. On the web at www.vidanthealth.com.