CSC Providers Attend SC Nurse Legislative Day to Advocate for Healthcare Workers and Patients

Society Hill, S.C. — Three of CareSouth Carolina’s dedicated healthcare providers recently represented the organization at South Carolina Nurse Legislative Day at the State House in Columbia.

Barbara Wright, FNP-C, Joe Reynolds, AGNP-C, and Jimmi Jones, FNP-BC attended the event on Thursday, February 26, joining hundreds of nurses and healthcare professionals from across the state. The annual gathering provides an opportunity for nurses to meet with lawmakers, discuss healthcare priorities, and advocate for policies that support both healthcare workers and the patients they serve.

This year’s legislative focus centered on two key issues affecting the healthcare community in South Carolina.

 The first involves strengthening protections against workplace violence directed at healthcare workers, a growing concern across hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities nationwide. The second focuses on expanding the scope of practice for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), allowing them to provide more services independently and increasing access to care for patients, particularly in rural and underserved communities.

Wright, Reynolds, and Jones serve patients at CareSouth Carolina’s Rosa Lee Gerald Center in Society Hill, where they play an important role in delivering primary care and improving health outcomes for individuals and families throughout the region. All three providers are nurse practitioners at the location.

CareSouth Carolina is a private, non-profit community health center delivering patient-centered health and life services in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. CareSouth Carolina operates centers in Bennettsville, Bishopville, Cheraw, Chesterfield, Dillon, Hartsville, Lake View, Latta, McColl and Society Hill.

Services provided by CareSouth Carolina include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, women's services, OB/GYN, HIV/AIDS primary care, infectious disease primary care, IV therapy, substance abuse prevention, dental, chiropractic services, pharmacy, senior support services, family support services, clinical counseling, laboratory, ultrasound, X-Ray, agricultural worker health services, podiatry, and veterans choice provider.