Federal grant expands midwifery care for North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 2:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to be selected among several entities for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration investment in increasing access to maternal care
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 12:34 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Girl Scouts can now collect a patch for attending a Pride celebration, studying “LGBTQ+ history,” or creating art that celebrates leaders from the “LGBTQ+ community.”
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 8:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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Stephanie Brinson is an advanced practice registered nurse seeing thousands of patients a year, along with five other APRNs, in a Garner practice open seven days week.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new legal brief from the John Locke Foundation urges the N.C. Supreme Court to avoid a decision that could harm health care access in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 12:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a court motion filed Oct. 17, Planned Parenthood is asking a state court to block a law that prevents nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and physician assistants from administering the abortion pill in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 11:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, California Pastor John MacArthur wrote an open letter reprimanding California Governor Gavin Newsom after the governor took out billboards across the country promoting abortion services using quotes from Jesus.
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2022 @ 2:24 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Largest number of ECU Health honorees in system’s history
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 9:15 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The state of New York declared a state of emergency Friday over the continued spread of polio.
Published: Thursday, September 29th, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Yesterday afternoon, sponsors of the SAVE Act gathered a stakeholder meeting at the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A car crash changed the future for East Carolina University’s Dr. Pamela Reis — and the future of thousands of students, mothers and their babies.
Published: Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 @ 5:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Reflecting the United States’ solidarity with India as it battles a new wave of COVID-19 cases, the United States is delivering supplies worth more than $100 million in the coming days to provide urgent relief to our partners in India.
Published: Thursday, April 29th, 2021 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers have introduced a pair of bills that would give broader scope-of-practice opportunities for advanced practice registered nurses in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 12th, 2021 @ 11:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State regulators are helping nursing and medical students graduate and enter the workforce.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2020 @ 5:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2019 @ 9:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received federal funding that will support a key goal of the state’s Early Childhood Action Plan and the Perinatal Health Strategic Plan, reducing maternal mortality.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Although policymakers sometimes portray increasing access and reducing cost as separate objectives for health care reform, the two are closely related.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 @ 5:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolina's population ages, and demands for health care rise, nurses need the freedom to do more
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 @ 12:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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State investigators found significant problems during their investigation of a Cary birthing center where three infants died over the course of six months
Published: Thursday, September 6th, 2018 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here’s a simple illustration of the urban/rural population divide in North Carolina: The state’s two most-populous counties — Wake and Mecklenburg — are home to about as many people as the total number of residents in the 18 smallest counties
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 12:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina ranks 44th in the nation in access to health care. When you consider we have great access in some parts of the state - those close to metropolitan areas and teaching hospitals in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Triad, and Triangle - the overall ranking is misleading
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Impulsive legislative action over four infant deaths at a Cary natural birth center operated by midwives could limit access to a healthy, lower-cost alternative for expectant mothers, says one of North Carolina's top nurse midwives
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 4:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The deaths of several newborns at a Cary birth center may complicate efforts to integrate midwives further into North Carolina’s health-care system
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The infant mortality rate remains frustratingly high in North Carolina compared to the national average, a report from the state Department of Health and Human Services finds
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 10:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Robert Graboyes' 93-year-old mother had a phone and an iPad, and she knew how to use them
Published: Friday, February 3rd, 2017 @ 4:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina General Assembly is currently considering the Modernizing Nursing Practice Act, which seeks to remove certain practice barriers for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. The legislation would remove costly physician supervision requirements for Nurse Practitioners, Certified...
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 9:06 pm
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina could save as much as $4.3 billion while easing, if not eliminating, a looming doctor shortage by updating statutes that restrict the operations of high-level nurses, a Duke researcher says.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University programs in medicine, nursing and rehabilitation counseling have been ranked among the best graduate schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 @ 6:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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Since the landing of English settlers off the coast of what is now North Carolina, midwifery has been practiced.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 12:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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ECU has graduated 160 students from the master's degree concentration, and 32 are enrolled now, said Dr. Becky Bagley, director of nurse-midwifery.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 12:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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Lovie Beard Shelton of Washington, one of the first nurse-midwives to practice in North Carolina, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday morning, March 29th, 2013.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2013 @ 7:26 am
By: Announcements
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