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Following the Clinical Leaders: Dr. Odom-Forren Leads National Perianesthesia Symptom Management

  Today, national nursing leaders are standing front and center in the research lab, in the boardroom, at the bedside and alongside colleagues and collaborators in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and other health sciences to improve patient outcomes across the board. Many of those national leaders are standing front and center in classrooms at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, inspiring a new generation of nursing professionals to follow their lead.

College of Nursing Professor Receives Kathleen A. Dracup Distinguished Lecture in Exemplary Career Mentoring Award

  College of Nursing Professor and Linda C. Gill Endowed Chair of Nursing Debra Moser, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, was recently honored with the Kathleen A. Dracup Distinguished Lecture in Exemplary Career Mentoring Award at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions Annual Conference held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La., Nov. 12-16, 2016. The award honors a senior member of the Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN) who is well known for their gifts and generosity in mentoring early career scientists.

Second Cohort of Interdisciplinary Health Faculty Members Named CIHE Fellows and Associates

  The University of Kentucky Center for Interprofessional Health Education recently inducted faculty members from across four health colleges to the second cohort of faculty fellows and associates.

Two UK Nurse Leaders Inducted as 2016 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

  Back row left to right: Col. Marla De Jong, Patti K. Howard, Nora Warshawsky, Fran Feltner, Karen Hill, Jan Odem-Forren, Rosalie Mainous and Betsy Weiner Front row left to right: Marcia Stanhope, Janie Heath, Carolyn Williams and Pat Howard

Professor and Nurse Researcher Receives University of Louisville 2016 Florence Nightingale Award

  The University of Louisville School of Nursing will honor UK College of Nursing Professor Deborah Reed, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAOHN, FAAN, as well as five other nurses in Kentucky and Southern Indiana with the 2016 Florence Nightingale Awards for their dedication to improving the lives of patients, the community and the profession.

Associate Professor Receives Ohio State University College of Nursing Mildred E. Newton Distinguished Educator Award

The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Nursing recently honored UK College of Nursing Associate Professor and PhD Program Director Susan Frazier, PhD, RN, FAHA, with the Mildred E. Newton Distinguished Educator Award.

PhD Student, Instructor Brings "Upstream" Thinking to Students Through International Education

  Most nursing students expect to learn in a classroom, simulation lab or clinical setting. What they don’t always expect is to gain interprofessional nursing experiences through international educational opportunities.

Nursing Leaders Inducted as Fellows into the National Academies of Practice

  UK HealthCare Chief Nursing Officer Colleen Swartz, DNP, MSN, RN, FNAP and Norton Healthcare Senior Vice President and System Chief Nursing Officer Tracy Williams, DNP, RN, FNAP, were inducted as Fellows into the National Academies of Practice (NAP) during the NAP 2016 Annual Meeting & Forum.

Assistant Professor Named Kentucky Nurse Practitioner Advocate of the Year

College of Nursing Assistant Professor Kathy Wheeler, PhD, APRN, NP-C, FNAP, FAANP, was recognized as Kentucky Nurse Practitioner Advocate of the Year at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 2016 National Conference in San Antonio, Texas, June 20-25. The award recognizes substantial leadership in APRN education, service to patients and policy efforts.

College of Nursing Professor Inducted as Fellow of American Association of Nurse Practitioners

  Pictured above from left to right: Mary Ellen Roberts, DNP, RN, APRN, APN-C, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN, president of FAANP; Audrey Darville, PhD, RN, APRN, CTTS, associate professor; Kathy Wheeler, PhD, RN, APRN, NP-C, FNAP, FAANP, primary FAANP sponsor, assistant professor University of Kentucky College of Nursing Associate Professor Audrey Darville, PhD, APRN, CTTS, FAANP, was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners at its National Conference in San Antonio, Tx. on June 23.

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