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February 22, 2024
Chatham Maternity Care Center at Chatham Hospital is defying the odds of ongoing maternity care closures.
February 21, 2024
The five-bed rural maternity unit has survived for three years and counting — a promising feat amid the pressures of providing rural maternity care.
November 8, 2022
Already a problem, scarcity in the state will worsen, with demand exceeding supply by nearly 12,500 registered nurses by 2033, a Sheps Center study found.
December 10, 2020
"It is very emotional for me. Every day... it never stops," said Eric Wolak, a nursing director in UNC Healths intensive care unit. As of Wednesday, Wolak has roughly 50 nurses treating 40 patients who are sick from the deadly virus. He says their work is exhausting, "When I have a COVID nurse who is fully donned on PPE for hours and hours taking care of a sick patient that is taxing both mentally and physically." With the impact of Thanksgiving celebrations and Christmas and New Years right ar...
December 10, 2020
Intensive units across the state, including UNC Health, are feeling the strain of staffing as the number of COVID-19 cases begins to outnumber available nurses.