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2019-2020 Office of Nursing Research's annual report

Feb 2, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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.

With Support from Her College, Nursing Student Finds Her Passion

Dec 8, 2020

Like many students who start at the University of Kentucky, Danielle Duncan didn’t know exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up. She tried a few paths; she started down a major in public health before applying to the UK College of Nursing, but even then, she still had doubts. “I really thought I chose the wrong major,” Duncan said. “I thought, maybe this isn’t what I want to do.”

Nursing Lecturer Brings Innovation and Experience to the Online Classroom

Dec 8, 2020

When University of Kentucky faculty were tasked with taking their classroom teaching online, the College of Nursing's Jennifer Cowley was faced with the prospect of having to scrap her plan for guest speakers for her Career Management course. But with the help of UK’s Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the instructional designers within the College of Nursing, Cowley was able to turn her guest speaker series into a podcast.

Nursing Researcher Awarded $2.8 Million Contract to Study Link Between Heart Disease and Depression

Nov 24, 2020

Debra Moser has always been fascinated by the human heart. Ever since she started her career as an intensive care nurse in a small northern California hospital in 1977, Moser has been intrigued with how the heart works – how it serves as the control center for the body, sending blood to every organ in the body.

UK Nursing honors December 2020 Graduates with first-ever 'Park & Pin' ceremony

Nov 23, 2020

The University of Kentucky College of Nursing celebrated its 80th BSN graduating class with it's first-ever Park & Pin ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, at Kroger Field's Blue Lot. The Park & Pin event took place in lieu of a traditional in-person Pinning ceremony in order to maintain safe and healthy physical distancing standards.

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