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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.

Nursing Student Ends up in Foreigner Video Through Shriners Hospital

  This article originally appeared in the Lexington Herald Leader.  University of Kentucky College of Nursing sophomore Lily Silverstein is too young to know much about the band Foreigner, except for the 1980s hits her mom would occasionally blast over the car radio, like "Juke Box Hero," or "Cold As Ice" or "Hot Blooded."

Op-ed: There’s an ‘epidemic-level’ rise in e-cigarette use among kids. Here’s how to stop it.

  The following op-ed appeared in the Lexington Herald Leader on March 5. On Feb. 7, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report that more than 1,550 warning letters and 240 civil money penalty actions were brought against a popular pharmacy chain for selling tobacco products to youth.

College of Nursing Participates in 33rd Annual SNRS Conference

  The University of Kentucky College of Nursing participated in the 33rd annual conference hosted by the Southern Nursing Research Society in Orlando, Florida, February 27-March 1.  This year's conference theme was "Imagining the Future Through Nursing Research and Innovations."

Students Meet with KY Representative for KCNPNM Legislative Day

  Dr. Jean Edward's health policy students were accompanied by Dr. Julie Ossege to meet with Rep. Russell Webber in Frankfort, KY, for the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives Legislative Day on Feb. 27.

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Brandon King Honored with EMS Lifesaver Award at Lexington Fire Awards Banquet

  Undergraduate nursing student Brandon King was honored with the EMS Lifesaver Award at the Lexington Fire Awards Banquet. The award follows King's quick response in saving UK police officer Alan Saylor's life after collapsing in the Gatton Student Center. Read more here.

Dr. Lori Fugate Joins Wilmore Clinic Team

Lori Fugate, DNP, APRN, NP-C, WHNP-BC, MSN, RN, assistant professor, was fully credentialed at the UK HealthCare Medical Staff Operations Subcomittee meeting to practice at the Phyllis D. Corbitt Community Health Center in Wilmore, Kentucky. Currently, 43 percent of the college's full-time faculty are credentialed to practice at UK HealthCare or elsewhere in the community. Of those faculty, 71% are fully credentialed at UK HealthCare.