We provide data, maps, and graphs to help inform decisions about the health workforce in North Carolina. Part of @UNC_PHWRP at the @UNCSheps Center.

North Carolina, USA
Joined October 2018
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@uncsheps workforce team published 2 articles in May/July @NCMedJ. One study finds APPs make up 39% of the primary care workforce in NC & comprises a larger % of the primary care WF in the state's most underserved counties. ncmedicaljournal.com/content…
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Another @uncsheps workforce team article in May/June @NCMedJ - overview of NC Nursecast Model findings of RN and LPN supply & demand by settings and geographies, highlighting where the state will face nursing shortages. Model funded by @NCNursingBoard. ncmedicaljournal.com/content…
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Sheps Health Workforce NC retweeted
Grateful to the AHA for the opportunity to discuss workforce challenges facing our nation’s hospital workforce and the short- and long-term solutions needed to solve them.
Erin Fraher, Ph.D., director of the Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, shares the importance of investing community health workers. #AHAMTG
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Sheps Health Workforce NC retweeted
One researcher, who has been watching trends in the nursing workforce in NC for the better part of three decades, told lawmakers that she’s “never been so worried about a workforce in my life based on the data.” #nchealth #nurses #COVID19NC northcarolinahealthnews.org/…
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The newest UNC Sheps Program on Health Workforce Research & Policy Newsletter is out! It rounds up recent research on health workforce burnout and related support strategies. mailchi.mp/92f485211d54/unc-…
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“[NC]…is experiencing a shortage of nurses that is estimated to worsen over the next decade. The Triad is on track to be one of the most affected areas, according to NC Nursecast, a workforce model created by the [NC BON] and [Sheps]” bizjournals.com/triad/news/2…
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You can generate your own charts and maps of the NC Nursecast projections at ncnursecast.unc.edu/
Sheps Health Workforce NC retweeted
Tracking nursing labor? Awesome tool developed by @ErinFraher NC team. @DavidIAuerbach @AAN_Nursing #NurseTwitter
Retaining NC’s talented nurses is critical for the health of the state. See the projected nurse shortage for yourself with the interactive NC Nursecast tools at ncnursecast.unc.edu
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Sheps Health Workforce NC retweeted
Retaining NC’s talented nurses is critical for the health of the state. See the projected nurse shortage for yourself with the interactive NC Nursecast tools at ncnursecast.unc.edu
Replying to @jasondebruyn
"We have a nursing shortage, straight across the board. Of the workforce that I am most concerned about, I am most concerned about nursing. We have shortages in urban areas. We have shortages in rural areas. We have hospitals desperate for nurses." - @ErinFraher of @uncsheps
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Thanks for spending the week with us while we unveiled NC Nursecast! We will be back next week with more fun findings, but here's an executive summary to recap what all we covered this week! ncnursecast.unc.edu/briefs/s…
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NC retains the nurses it educates! Two years after completing a nursing program in the state, 92% of LPNs, 92% of ADNs, and 86% of BSNs remain in NC! For comparison, medical school graduate retention rates in NC are about 38%. @NCCommColleges, @UNC_System, @NCICUhighered.
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Just as regions of NC vary in terms of populations, economies, & even landscapes, so too do the supply/demand for their nurse workforces. NC Nursecast allows users to customize workforce projections by Medicaid, AHEC, & urban/rural. ncnursecast.unc.edu/model/
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The Mountain AHEC (western NC) and Wake AHEC face the largest LPN shortages.
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Something unique is happening in Southeast NC – A small projected RN surplus is likely due to high retention of nursing graduates from local training programs. Expanded story about the SE coming soon. Stay tuned.
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