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Oped: We must break the silence around nurse suicide as they fight for patients in pandemic

Feb 9, 2021

While the COVID-19 pandemic rages on with new variants, the urgency for Kentucky nurses to stay on the frontlines now extends to a massive vaccine campaign. Just like Florence Nightingale and Mary Jane Seacole, British-Jamaican nurse, did in the Crimean war, nurses today are working 24/7 to get the mission accomplished. Although the practice settings may change from a critical care unit one day and the next to a large parking lot tent, football stadium or drive-through clinic, the shepherding of public health in the commonwealth remains the same.

UK Faculty, Students Contribute to National Cancer Prevention Workshop

Feb 8, 2021

Recognition

Faculty and students from the University of Kentucky Colleges of Nursing and Education were featured panelists during Less Cancer's National Cancer Prevention Workshop, to discuss the increased use of e-cigarettes among young people, the short and long-term effects of vaping and efforts to curb its popularity.

College of Nursing alumni receive 2021 Lyman T. Johnson awards

Feb 2, 2021

Alumni Recognition

Pictured above left to right are Danielle Duncan (BSN 2020), Delanor Manson (BSN 1978) Congratulations to University of Kentucky College of Nursing alumni Danielle Duncan and Kentucky Nurses Association Delanor Manson for receiving the Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer and Torch of Excellence awards, respectively.

As pandemic keeps us more at home, risk of lung cancer from radon gas increases; tests are available

Feb 2, 2021

Learn details and more about the map. This year alone, approximately 4,890 Kentuckians will be diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the disease remains highly preventable. While nearly 80 percent of lung cancers are caused by tobacco smoke, exposure to radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer, accounting for approximately 21,000 cases of lung cancer each year in the U.S.

2019-2020 Office of Nursing Research's annual report

Feb 2, 2021

Research

View/download a pdf of the 2019-2020 annual report from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing's Office of Research. Learn about the College of Nursing's areas of research, active grants and more.

College of Nursing CCNE Accreditation: Open to Comments

Jan 25, 2021

Academic Programs

Please see below for a letter from Dean Janie Heath on how to submit third-party comments in accordance with the College of Nursing's upcoming reaccrediatation. Download/view a pdf of the official letter. From: Dr. Janie Heath, Dean and Warwick Professo, UK. College of Nursing Re: CCNE Call for Third-Party Comments

College of Nursing Dean's List for Fall 2020

Jan 14, 2021

Student Recognition

Congratulations to the outstanding group of pre-nursing and nursing students who made the Dean's List for the Fall of 2020. Download/view a pdf of the Fall 2020 Dean's List

Environmental, Nursing Researchers Help Teen 'Citizen Scientists' Lead Charge in Home Radon Testing

Jan 14, 2021

Research

Craig Wilmhoff, Autumn Gwin, Raegan Simpson and Haley Hurd from Perry County Central High School in Hazard, KY at Appalachian Research Day 2019 Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that seeps up from the ground and into homes, schools, work sites, and other indoor spaces. Radon is colorless, tasteless and odorless and can cause lung cancer; you would have no way of knowing if it has infiltrated your home unless you test for it. Yet, few people test for the radioactive gas.

Eating foods that promote inflammation may worsen heart failure

Jan 11, 2021

Research

People with heart failure who eat a diet high in foods that cause inflammation are twice as likely to end up in the hospital or die as those who eat foods known to reduce inflammation, new research shows. "If people with heart failure can reduce the amount of pro-inflammatory foods that they eat, it might help with their survival," said lead researcher JungHee Kang, a nursing research assistant and PhD student at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

UK Nursing Study Links Persistent Cough to E-Cigarette Use among College Students

Dec 17, 2020

Research

A new study by researchers in the University of Kentucky College of Nursing shows correlations between use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and persistent cough among college students. ENDS include electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) and JUULS.

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