North Carolina Nursing Schools
Explore Nursing in North Carolina
North Carolina is a state dedicated to quality healthcare and reducing the severity of the national nursing shortage. In recent years, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine was created to address the nursing deficit, as well as shadow the National Institute of Medicine’s initiative to build a nursing workforce made up of 80% baccalaureate educated nurses by 2020. The need for registered nurses in the state is on the rise and is predicted to rise 26% by 2020. Nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists are also in extremely high demand. Some of the top employers for North Carolina nurses are Carolinas Medical Center, Duke University Hospital, and North Carolina Baptist Hospital, to name a few.
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About North Carolina
The “Old North State” of North Carolina is known for its coastal plains, the Outer Banks, Appalachian Mountains, waterfalls, the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, dense forests and rich resources. North Carolina is also known as “The Tar Heel State” because of its significant exports in history being tar, turpentine, and pitch, derived from the massive pine forests across the state. The state’s capital is Raleigh, and the largest city is Charlotte. The economy in North Carolina is thriving and in 2011, the state was chosen as the third best state for commerce in the nation by Forbes Magazine.
Change in nursing jobs in the future
2012
92,540
2020
109,790
$56,240
Avg. Salary
143
Number of nursing programs in state
109
Number of hospitals in state
75
Number of nursing schools in state
Nursing programs offered in North Carolina
North Carolina A & T State University +
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Programs Offered
- BSN Traditional Program
- Accelerated BSN
- BSN Completion Option
Accreditation
NLNAC
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Queens University of Charlotte +
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Programs Offered
Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Accelerated BSN RN to BSN Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) RN to MSN Post Graduate Certificate Programs
Accreditation
CCNE
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The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill +
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Programs Offered
Accreditation
CCNE
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Western Carolina University +
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Programs Offered
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- Accelerated BSN
- WNC Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses (WNC RIBN)
- RN to BSN
- RN to MSN Early Entry Option
- MS Nurse Educator Track
- MS Family Nurse Practitioner Track
- MS Nurse Anesthesia Track
- MS Nurse Administrator Track
- MS Nurse Administrator Track
- Doctor of Nursing Practice Track (DNP)
Accreditation
CCNE
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Winston-Salem State University +
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Programs Offered
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
- Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)
- Post Master's Certificate -Advanced Nurse Educator
- Post Master's Certificate - Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
- Nurse Educator Certificate
- RN to BSN
Accreditation
CCNE
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