The School of Nursing is nationally recognized as one of the premier nursing schools in the country, with a mission of excellence in nursing education, research and practice.
The school is creating, conducting and disseminating cutting-edge research and using its expertise and service for the betterment of individuals, communities, health care systems and the nursing profession.
At Carolina Nursing, we develop exceptional nurse leaders who advance health care to improve lives. We drive the state of nursing science, and translate our discoveries into better practice and systems of care.
Nilda Peragallo Montano, dean and professor
With a $2.58 million grant from the National Institute for Nursing Research, associate professor Lixin Song is studying the efficacy of a couples-focused, tailored, symptom self-management mobile health intervention for prostate cancer patients and their partners.
Nurse scientist Linda Beeber has spent the past two decades developing mental health interventions that treat both the mother and the child as a unit to help single moms, immigrants and those in low-socioeconomic situations struggling with depression.
Assistant professor Mark Toles and his colleagues have developed Connect-Home — a group of innovative tools and strategies to support older adults and their caregivers during transitions from the nursing home to home.