Specific learning opportunities available on 8 Tower include critical thinking, advanced assessment skills, collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, and advanced physical skills including the management of all types of IV lines, enteral feeding tubes, and invasive drainage devices. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.