The need for health care professionals has never been higher. According to The Atlantic, health care last year became the nation’s largest source for jobs for the first time in history. With demand expected to continue growing, median wages can be twice as much as those offered in other industries. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that health care employment will continue to...

On the heels of a national report projecting South Carolina will have one of the most serious nursing shortages in the country in the next decade, Piedmont Technical College (PTC) is using the generous $170,000 gift it received late last year from the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation to support the graduation of more students into the pipeline of qualified nurses needed by area health care...

Yes. “White coat syndrome” is a real thing. It’s when an otherwise non-hypertensive patient’s blood pressure spikes at the doctor’s office, perhaps as a result of anxiety associated with a clinical setting. The same could be said of first-time students who want to major in a health care field but are overwhelmed by the choices. Not to worry. Piedmont Technical College (PTC) has come up...