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College of Nursing Celebration of Excellence Awards 2019

  On Tuesday, May 7, the College of Nursing held its annual Celebration of Excellence Awards to recognize faculty, staff and clinical partners who've gone above and beyond the last academic year.

Op-ed: Kentucky needs to continue education for registered nurses

This op-ed appeared in the Courier Journal on Monday, May 6. Every day throughout Kentucky, 72,000 registered nurses (RNs) are on the frontlines for care delivery armed with knowledge, courage and compassion for patients, families and communities. 

‘SOTC’: Beyond Birth Program Helps Recovering Moms And Their Children

  The video and following article were originally posted here on May 5, 2019. LEX 18’s “State of the Commonwealth” took a look at one often forgotten group in the ongoing opioid epidemic: women trying to overcome substance abuse while caring for newborns and young children. In many communities, there are programs for those women while they are pregnant, but finding help for moms and their children afterward is not always easy.

National Nurses Week 2019: Four Million Reasons to Celebrate

There is no better time to celebrate the four million registered nurses in the U.S. than the week of Florence Nightingale’s birthday – the Mother of Modern Nursing. As we honor her work during the Crimean War, let us also reflect on her everlasting impact to bring about waves of change in health care systems and specifically professional nursing practice.

CONGRATULATIONS to Our May 2019 Graduates!

  The College of Nursing held its annual Pinning and Hooding Ceremonies on Friday, May 3, 2019.

CON Faculty & Staff Recognized as "Teachers Who Made A Difference"

  Pictured from left to right: Carol Simpson and Dr. Angie Grubbs.  This weekend, Dr. Angie Grubbs, Stephanie Fugate, Christy Hubbard and Carol Simpson were recognized as "Teachers Who Made A Difference" hosted by the College of Education at the Woodford Reserve Club.

From Kosovo to Kentucky, UK Nursing Grad Ready to Give Back

  When she was seven years old, Serxhane Ajeti fled with her family from their war-torn home country by foot in the darkness of night. Now she’s preparing to graduate from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. How did she get here? “Throughout my whole life, I’ve had help from people all over the world,” she says.

Nursing Students Serve as Head Coaches for Girls on the Run

  Pictured from left to right: Alyssa Marlow, Anne Oliver, (Dr. Hartley Feld with poster) Alicia Wisner, Madeline Price, Jenna Blanford, Devin Jeffrey, and clinical instructor Dr. Katie Layton.

Dr. Deborah Reed Named Among Five Nurses "Who Just Might Save the World" by O, The Oprah Magazine

  The 100 farmers sitting in the rec hall couldn’t stop talking. One confessed a fear he’d been keeping private: His father had Alzheimer’s, and after decades of rising with the sun, walking out to the fields, and climbing aboard his tractor, he couldn’t be persuaded to stop. Even though he didn’t have keys, he could still get hurt. The son fretted. “I’m worried I won’t see him out there when I’m working and will run him over.”

Assistant Professor Among UK Faculty to Receive $87 Million to Lead Effort in Combating Nation's Opioid Epidemic