Ernest J. Grant, RN, MSN

Ernest J. Grant is nursing education clinician for burn outreach at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. He serves as the center's liaison to prehospital, hospital and allied health professionals and corporations, providing continuing education on the immediate care and prevention of burn injuries. Mr. Grant oversees the burn center's prevention program.

Through his efforts, North Carolina became the first state to successfully implement the Learn-Not-To-Burn® curriculum in every one of the state's fourth-grade classes. He is launching a preschool version of the class across the state.

Mr. Grant has written numerous articles for publication in scientific and research journals and textbooks. He is completing two safety research projects that examine the impact of fireworks legalization on health care and fire-suppression costs.

A 2002 recipient of the Honorary Nurse Practitioner award bestowed by the American Nurses Association, Mr. Grant is also Nursing Spectrum magazine's 2002 Nurse of the Year. He was awarded the Governor's Award of Excellence in 1998, the highest honor given to a North Carolina state employee. Active in the promotion of the nursing profession, he served as vice president of the North Carolina Nursing Association from 1998 to 2000 and as consultant to the North Carolina Association of Nursing Students.

Mr. Grant holds an MS in nursing education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a BS in nursing from North Carolina Central University at Durham. He received his practical nurse education (LPN) at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in 1977.

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