Acute Care and Severe Illnesses | UNC School of Nursing

Patrick L McMurray, MSN, RN

Nurse Specialist

Wendell John, DNP, FNP-C

Clinical Instructor

Stephen Scott, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC

Assistant Clinical Professor

Krystal Pendergraft-Horne, DNP, RN, FNP-C

Clinical Instructor

Susan Catchings, DNP, FNP-C

Clinical Assistant Professor

Megan Brissie, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FNCS

Clinical Instructor

Jessica Zègre-Hemsey, PhD, RN, FAHA

Associate Professor

Meg Zomorodi, PhD, RN, CNL, FAAN

Tracy Vernon-Platt, DNP, ANP-BC

Lead Faculty AGPCNP Program, Clinical Assistant Professor

Nancy Jo Thompson, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor

Sheila Santacroce, PhD, RN, CPNP

Carol A. Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Professor

Barbara Mark, PhD, RN, FAAN

Research Professor

Michael Bury, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN

Clinical Assistant Professor

Margaret J. Carman, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, ENP-BC, FAEN

Clinical Associate Professor, Lead Faculty AGACNP program

Barbara Bunker, MSN, BSN, FNP, RN

Retired Faculty

Lorinda A. Coombs, PhD, MSN, FNP-BC, AOCNP

Assistant Professor

Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean for Global Initiatives and Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor | Assistant Director of Cancer Research Training Education and Coordination, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research Project

A Nurse-Led Palliative and Supportive Care Intervention for Newly Diagnosed Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN

Research Project

Patient-Reported Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Prehospital Cardiac Care

Jessica Zègre-Hemsey, PhD, RN, FAHA

Practice and Service

Stanek | Woodley | Transitions LifeCare: Bedside Nursing

Practice and Service

Tracy Vernon-Platt | UNC Health: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Research Project

Connect-Home: Testing the Efficacy of Transitional Care of Patients and Caregivers during Transitions from Skilled Nursing Facilities to Home

Mark Toles, PhD, RN, FAAN

Becky Hoover awarded NIH Individual Predoctoral Fellowship and Oncology Nursing Foundation Doctoral Scholarship

Carolina Nursing recognized as End of Life Nursing Education Consortium Hall of Fame school

Carman named section editor for Journal of Emergency Nursing column

Coombs appointed associate editor for the Oncology Nursing Forum

Areas of Expertise