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Department chair's welcome

Welcome to The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) Department of Nursing Web site! Please browse our Web site to learn more about the Department of Nursing, our Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) educational options, and our faculty. I hope you find our Web site helpful and enlightening! The UNCP Department of Nursing is “Continuing its Journey toward Excellence.”

Members of the Department of Nursing faculty are excellent teachers in both classroom and clinical settings and are committed to preparing students for diverse professional nursing roles in health care for the 21st century. Professional nurses practice in many settings, ranging from hospitals to clinics to home, and assume the roles of advocate, clinician, collaborator/coordinator, educator, leader, and researcher. The faculty believes learning at all levels requires both individualized and group instruction, with special attention given to student's needs as learners.

We are excited about all the activities occurring in the Department of Nursing as we continue to grow and change. We are proud of our educational program for registered nurses seeking completion of a baccalaureate degree. Students may enroll in the RN-BSN track offered on the main campus in Pembroke either fall or spring semesters and on a full- or part-time basis. We also offer the RN-BSN track at Sandhills Community College in Southern Pines and at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville for those students interested in part-time studies. Most recently, the Department of Nursing opened the RN-BSN track at Fort Bragg to assist our military community in furthering their education. Nursing faculty has created several innovative, interactive web-based as well as web-enhanced courses and continues to increase the amount of web-based learning in all courses within the RN-BSN curriculum.

The pre-licensure BSN program is permanently housed in the Corporate Services Building on the campus of Southeastern Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Lumberton. We have a state-of -the-art Clinical Learning Center. The Clinical Learning Center is available to students twelve hours a day, six days a week with plans to increase availability to twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. This simulated learning environment with computerized mannequins, current healthcare equipment and technology, and a virtual reality center assist students with practice of real life nursing situations. We are so pleased with this partnership with SRMC where “together” we are promoting and advancing the accessibility, availability and quality of professional nursing education and practice in North Carolina, and specifically the southeastern portion of the State. Together we are doing our part to combat the ongoing nursing shortage in the State and across the nation.

I am pleased to introduce you to the Department of Nursing! We invite you to get to know us better and encourage you to consider receiving your nursing education at UNCP. We are moving forward in preparing outstanding professional nurses for the 21st Century!

Barbara B. Synowiez RN, MSN, PhD
Department Chair
Professor and BSN Coordinator

Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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