Shortage in nursing field

Recruiting efforts are underway locally aimed at middle and high school students.

In 2006, the UNC-Wilmington School of Nursing developed Camp Brigade of Nurse Exploring Seahawks – Camp BONES for short.

The camp is two weeks during the summer and allows the students to shadow nurses at work.

This year 33 local students are involved in the camp, and this week they are at New Hanover Regional Medical Center learning about nursing and career possibilities.

Hoggard High School freshman Andrea Age said, “I want to be a cardiologist, at least that’s what I was thinking. Now, I may want to be a nurse practitioner or a labor nurse.”

That is just the reaction camp counselors are hoping for.

For more information call the School of Nursing at UNCW at 910-962-3784.