NC AHEC
RN Refresher Program
If you have been out of practice and want to refresh your knowledge and skills, this is the program for you!
"The NC AHEC RN Refresher Program is designed for registered nurses who have successfully passed the NCLEX examination and have, at some time, been licensed in one of the fifty states.The program consists of a self-paced, self-study online theory course in Adult Health and a precepted clinical practicum. The online theory course is administered through South Piedmont AHEC and the clinical practicum is administered through the regional AHEC. The clinical practicum is available only to those nurses who are current residents of North Carolina and who successfully complete the online course.
For more information, email Kathy Clark at kgclark@wakeahec.org
RN Refresher Program Contacts
Contact the RN refresher coordinator at the regional AHEC for your county to obtain more information and to determine program eligibility in your region.
Orange, Durham, Chatham, and Person counties
Bethany Davis, PhD, MSN, RN
Email: BDavis3@unc.edu
Phone: 252-521-103
Area L AHEC
Counties Served: Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Wilson
Lisa Renfrow, MSN, RN, CDP
Email: Lisa.Renfrow@arealahec.org
South Piedmont AHEC
Counties Served: Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Stanly, Union
Kathy Calhoun, RN, BSN
Email: Kathy.calhoun@advocatehealth.org
Eastern AHEC
Counties Served: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne
Pam Bowman, MSN, RN
Email: bowmanp23@ecu.edu
Phone: 252-744-5216
Piedmont AHEC
Counties Served: Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham
Shawn Houck, MSN, RN
Email: shawn.houck@conehealth.com
Phone: 226-832-8025
Mountain AHEC
Counties Served: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey
Tonja Schroder, MSN, RN, CPN (interim)
Email: Tonja.schroder@mahec.net
Phone: 828-771-4225
Northwest AHEC
Counties Served: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Rowan, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin
Ellen Zimmerman, MSN, RN, CHSE
Email: Ellen.Zimmerman@advocatehealth.org
Phone: 336-713-7720
South East AHEC
Counties Served: Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender
Kaitlyn Spearin, MSN, RN
Email: kspearin@novanthealth.org
Southern Regional AHEC
Counties Served: Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Robeson, Richmond, Sampson, Scotland
Tonja Teter BSN, RN
Email: Tonja.Teter@sr-ahec.org
Phone: 910-678-7246
Wake AHEC
Counties Served: Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Lee, Vance, Wake, Warren
Kathy Clark MS, BSN, RN
Email: kgclark@wakeahec.org
Phone: 919-350-0481
Statewide
Porshia Mizzelle, MBA, BS, AHEC Senior Support Specialist
Email: mizzelle@unc.edu