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College of Nursing PhD Program Director Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award

Susan Frazier, PhD, RN, FAHA, associate professor and PhD program director at the College of Nursing, received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation award: Future of Nursing Scholars at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Cohort 3 (2016-2019). This $150,000 award will support the tuition, stipend, living expenses and fees for two scholars who will begin their PhD programs in September 2016.

The Road to First-Rate Nurses: Where Both Sides Meet

College of Nursing Professor Inducted into the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International 2016 Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

  The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) inducted Terry Lennie, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, professor and associate dean of graduate faculty affairs at the UK College of Nursing, as well as 18 other nurse researchers, into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. The induction took place at STTI’s 27th International Nursing Research Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, July 21-25.

College of Nursing to Host 12th Annual Faculty Development Workshop

  The UK College of Nursing’s Office of Continuing Education will host its 12th annual faculty development workshop titled “Teaching to Transform for the New Reality of Nursing Practice” on May 16-17 at the UK College of Nursing and the UK Chandler Medical Center. This workshop will feature national speakers and unite nursing faculty from across the U.S. in an effort to examine teaching practices to transition nursing students into the reality of nursing practice.

Holmes Award Presented to Women in UK Nursing Areas

  Kristin Ashford, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN, assistant dean of research at the UK College of Nursing, and Nicole Waite, an administrative support associate for UK HealthCare Nurse Recruitment, received the Sarah Bennett Holmes Award during a luncheon ceremony at the Hilary J. Boone Center on March 10.

First Class of IPE Fellows Bridge Gaps Between Health Professions through Learning

  By Elizabeth Adams University of Kentucky faculty members across health care colleges and disciplines, including five from the UK College of Nursing, were recognized as members of the first class of Interprofessional Education (IPE) fellows on March 9.

Norton Healthcare, University of Kentucky BSN-DNP Students Present to Kentucky Governor

By Baylee Pulliam Dana Cook Pearson is a manager, but she won't be satisfied until she's at least a director. "What got me here was experience," said Pearson, who works as a health information manager for Norton Healthcare Inc. "But what would take me forward is education."

College of Nursing Assistant Research Professor and UK Student Help Launch Citywide Substance Abuse Resource

By Elizabeth Adams When an individual with a substance abuse disorder reaches out for help, the opportunity for intervention is transient. “That moment when somebody is willing to go to treatment is actually a very fleeting moment in time,” said Alex Elswick, a University of Kentucky graduate student who is in long-term recovery from heroin addiction. 

UK's College of Nursing BSN Program Covers Entire Lifespan: Starting Small

  Infant A baby in fuzzy yellow pajamas is staring with large unblinking eyes at the group of nursing students in front of her in a large lecture hall. She sticks a thumb in her mouth as Assistant Professor Carrie Gordy, MSN, APRN, asks for a student volunteer to come down to the front of the classroom. With a big smile, a sophomore-level nursing student approaches the infant and begins assessing her development. This is Nursing 201: Assessment and Health Promotion—one of the first building blocks of the College’s undergraduate curriculum.

College of Nursing Students Competed in Second Annual Global Health Case Competition

  Two undergraduate students and three DNP students at the UK College of Nursing recently competed in the second annual Global Health Case Competition (GHCC) hosted by the UK Global Health Initiative at the College of Pharmacy on Sat., Feb. 27. A total of twelve interdisciplinary student teams representing 15 different colleges developed strategies to address different ways to combat childhood obesity in Mexico. Among the participants from the College of Nursing were: