Becker's Healthcare March 10, 2025
Amid a nationwide nursing shortage, a November 2024 Health Resources and Services Administration nurse workforce projection estimated that the shortages will be felt until 2037.
The HRSA projection also found that North Carolina has one of the largest nursing shortfalls projected, at 22% by 2037. To combat this, Durham, N.C.-based Watts College of Nursing shared plans in late February 2025 to relocate to Duke University’s campus, also in Durham, in July 2025.
WCON will be located on Duke Health’s Interprofessional Education and Care Center and will “co-locate” with the Duke University School of Nursing and the Duke Health Clinical Education and Professional Development team.
Becker’s connected with Terry McDonnell, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive at...