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Students in Health Care Begin Caring for Each Other

Jul 21, 2017

Student Recognition

This op-ed appeared in the Courier-Journal on July 21, 2017 and the Lexington Herald-Leader on August 7, 2017. Something frightening is happening to our health care students and providers.

Lexington-Fayette County Board of Health Selects UK Nursing Instructor Kacy Allen-Bryant as 2017-18 Chair

Jul 14, 2017

Faculty Recognition

This article appeared on kyforward.com on July 13, 2017. The Lexington-Fayette County Board of Health elected Kacy Allen-Bryant as chair for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which began July 1.

"Get Fit and Quit" Helps Women in Recovery Replace Cigarettes with Sweat

Jul 13, 2017

Public Service

From left: Corey Donohoo, Tonya Jernigan, Tisha Ducas, Janine Barnett, Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Susan Sanders. Partners and researchers not present: Kristin Ashford, Andrea McCubbin and Susan Westneat. While managing her sobriety, returning to the workforce and enduring a grueling legal process to reunite with her children, Missy couldn’t imagine a day without cigarettes.

College of Nursing Dean, Alumni Inducted as Fellows into American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Jul 7, 2017

Alumni Recognition, Faculty Recognition

Pictured from left to right: Kathy Wheeler, PhD, RN, APRN, NP-C, FNAP, FAANP; Sheila Melander, PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC, FCCM, FAANP; Janie Heath, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, FAANP; Marianne Hutti, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAANP; Julianne Ewen, DNP, APRN, FAANP; Sharon Lock, PhD, APRN, FNAP, FAANP; Beth Partin, DNP, APRN, FAANP; and, Whitney Nash, PhD, MSN, ANP-BC.

CON Partner Norton Healthcare Announces First Nursing Apprenticeship Program in Country, KY Gov. Celebrates with Nursing Students

Jul 5, 2017

Academic Programs

Pictured above from left to right: Tracy Williams, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer of Norton Healthcare, Kim Tharp-Barrie, DNP, RN, vice president of Norton Healthcare Institute for Nursing, Pat Howard, PhD, RN, FAAN, executive vice dean of academic affairs and partnerships, and Tricia MacCallum, project manager for the UK College of Nursing-Norton Healthcare Academic Practice-Partnership.

Recent Nursing and Medicine Alumni Get Married and Embark on Adventure of a Lifetime

Jun 28, 2017

Alumni Recognition

The first thing Christa and Jon David (JD) Hammer saw after they landed in Los Angeles International Airport and before they embarked on their journey along the West Coast was the inside of an ambulance. The catch? The ambulance was turned into a camper, and the couple drove it around California from Los Angeles to Yosemite, then down the Pacific Coast Highway from San Francisco to San Diego. Christa and JD visited family in Redondo Beach and fulfilled a dream of hiking Half Dome in Yosemite.

College of Nursing Students Participate in 10th Year of Shoulder to Shoulder Global Brigades

Jun 21, 2017

Student Recognition

Five University of Kentucky College of Nursing students traveled to Santo Domingo, Ecuador, through Shoulder to Shoulder Global (STSG), an official campus organization celebrating ten years of engaging academic and community partners in improving the health and well-being of impoverished and underserved communities.

Following Father's Example, UK Nursing Student Donates a Kidney to Save a Life

Jun 16, 2017

Student Recognition

To commit a textbook term to memory, UK College of Nursing student Karly Schmidt used a mental shortcut by naming her two kidneys George and Fred. George, her right kidney, reminded her of the word “glomerular,” and Fred, her left kidney, reminded her of “filtration.” Putting the two words together, she could recall the glomerular filtration rate, which is the medical formula used to measure kidney function.

Meet Kevin Garland, Recipient of the 2017 Employee of the Year and Gloe L. Bertram Awards

Jun 14, 2017

Recognition

Every academic year, the College hosts several distinguished nurse leaders and sends faculty, staff and students to conferences, presentations and other events in the U.S. and around the world. Working behind the scenes to get them to their destinations is this year’s Employee of the Year and Gloe L. Bertram award winner, Kevin Garland, College of Nursing travel and purchasing coordinator.

WellCare Announces $80,000 in College of Nursing Scholarships Aimed at Improving Rural Health

Jun 9, 2017

Public Service

Recognizing the need for quality primary care in rural areas of the Commonwealth, WellCare of Kentucky, a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. will provide $80,000 to fund scholarships for the University of Kentucky College of Nursing aimed at increasing the number of nurses working in primary medicine and psychiatry in Eastern Kentucky. WellCare, in conjunction with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and College of Nursing, will fund up to 30 scholarships valued at $180,000 for medical and nursing students at various stages of their studies.

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