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Undergraduate Nursing Student Presents Research at TraumaCon

  Undergraduate nursing student Sophie Post presented "Don’t get Back in the Saddle: An Evaluation of Horse-related Head Injuries in the Emergency Department" at this year's TraumaCon in Lexington, Kentucky. TraumaCon is a three-day national conference for nurses involved in the care of trauma patients and the management of trauma programs and trauma systems. View photos here. 

Undergraduate Student Represents UK College of Nursing for APNA

UK College of Nursing undergraduate student Sarret Seng was recently featured in a newsletter from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.  She was also recently named one of thirty American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) Board of Directors Student Scholars.

Dr. Kristin Ashford Receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award

Kristin Ashford, PhD, professor and associate dean in the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, will be presented with the prestigious Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Achievement Award. The SEC Faculty Achievement recognizes faculty from SEC universities with outstanding records in teaching and scholarship.

Kentucky Deans, Students Advocate on Capitol Hill

  Monday was a record day for the AACN Kentucky deans and students to meet with legislators advocating for Title XIII nursing workforce funding and Nursing NIH funding in Washington, D.C. Kentucky Deans include Drs. Mary Kishman from NKU, Marcia Hobbs from Murray State and Sonya Hardin from Louisville. Students include Murray State CRNA student Michael Goss (UK BSN alum), UK PhD student Stacy Stanifer and UK Med-Vet student Matt Dixon. Legislators included Congressmen Hal Rogers, Andy Barr, Tom Massie and Brett Guthrie.

Op-ed: Suicide is a silent epidemic in Kentucky that's taking our children

The following op-ed appeared in the Courier Journal on March 21, 2019. Although Kentucky is known for lives lost from accidental drug overdoses, a silent epidemic is also taking too many of our children — suicide.

Nursing Faculty Meet with Nation's Drug Czar

  Kristin Ashford, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, FAAN, professor and associate dean of Undergraduate Faculty and Interprofessional Education Affairs, and Amanda Fallin-Bennett, PhD, RN, assistant professor, met with Jim Carroll, the national director of the Office of Drug Control Policy on Tuesday, March 19. Currently, Dr. Ashford serves as founder of Beyond Birth, and Dr. Fallin-Bennett serves as the Director of Voices of Hope. The group also met with Governor Matt Bevin, Congressman Andy Barr and Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton. 

Nursing Alum Lacey Buckler Works to "see blue." by Helping Patients Heal

Nursing Students Return to Ecuador Clinic to Serve Community, Get Hands-on Experience

  Seven undergraduate nursing students recently traveled to Santo Domingo, Ecuador, through Shoulder to Shoulder Global to serve the community and gain hands-on experience in a clinical setting. Over the years, over a thousand UK students, faculty, staff and community partners participants traveled to Ecuador to provide services such as basic medical and dental care, health education, school health screenings, women’s health, home visits and community-based learning.

Drs. Judi Daniels, Darlene Welsh Inducted as Fellows into National Academies of Practice

Judi Daniels, PhD, APRN, FNP, PNP, FNAP, assistant professor, and Darlene Welsh, PhD, MSN, RN, FNAP, associate professor and assistant dean of BSN Program Studies, were recently inducted as a Fellows of the National Academies of Practice at the 2019 Annual Meeting and Forum in Pentagon City, Virginia, March 9.

Dr. Lovoria Williams Joins Eastern State Hospital Team

Lovoria Williams, PhD, APRN-BC, FAANP, associate professor, was fully credentialed at the UK HealthCare Medical Staff Operations Subcommittee meeting for her Department of Psychiatry appointment for faculty practice at Eastern State Hospital. Eastern State Hospital provides recovery-focused, individualized inpatient acute care mental health services in a modern, comfortable setting.