Georgia ranks near the bottom of all 50 states for the number of primary care providers. Recent data from America’s Health Rankings, 2018 Annual Report, places Georgia at 42nd for the number of primary care doctors per capita, 43rd in its supply of registered nurses and 48th in advanced practice nursing care.  A total of 129 of Georgia’s 159 counties are designated primary care health professional shortage areas (HSPA) by the Georgia Department of Community Health. “That means...

On any given day, an estimated 20,000 phone calls come into domestic violence hotlines across the country, according to the National Network to End Domestic Violence. On top of that, 45 percent of female rape victims and 29 percent of male victims were raped by an intimate partner. Resources to serve domestic or sexual abuse victims can sometimes be scarce, especially in rural areas. Of the more than 80,000 registered nurses in the state, few are trained in the specialized care of...

T he COVID-19 outbreak has dominated the world's attention since the end of January when it was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization.  The deadly virus spread fast. It was unexpected. It was the type of widespread illness that has the ability to hit countries hard when they're caught unprepared.  That element of being prepared is the lesson some Georgia College nursing students were able to take with them as they attended disaster...

Georgia College alumna Erin Nobles—the mother working to pass “Gracie’s Law” into state legislation, granting children with disabilities access to organ transplants—spoke to university nursing students at 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, in the Health Sciences Building. Gracie was born in March 2019 with Down syndrome and spent 17 days in neonatal intensive care. A month later, she showed signs of congestive heart failure and developed serious kidney problems. At 3-months-old, Gracie...