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Assistant Professor Works with Patients with Mental Illness to Create Tailored Tobacco Treatment Program

By: Sally Evans Nov 10, 2016

Assistant Professor Chizimuzo (Zim) Okoli, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, picked up his first and last cigarette when he was just six years old – a mistake that landed him in the emergency room but inspired his life’s work to study mental illness and substance use among marginalized and underrepresented populations.

Second Cohort of Interdisciplinary Health Faculty Members Named CIHE Fellows and Associates

Nov 9, 2016

The University of Kentucky Center for Interprofessional Health Education recently inducted faculty members from across four health colleges to the second cohort of faculty fellows and associates.

Nursing Student, Future Olympian Mentors Pre-Nursing Student Inside the Classroom and at the Barn

Oct 31, 2016

Alexa Ehlers (left) with Mary Kate Klir (right). Amistoso shakes his head, wiggles his ears and dances in place. When asked about his strange behavior, Alexa Ehlers rushes to his side and scratches an itch in a small spot near his left shoulder. “There you go, Ami!”

Two UK Nurse Leaders Inducted as 2016 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

Oct 25, 2016

Back row left to right: Col. Marla De Jong, Patti K. Howard, Nora Warshawsky, Fran Feltner, Karen Hill, Jan Odem-Forren, Rosalie Mainous and Betsy Weiner Front row left to right: Marcia Stanhope, Janie Heath, Carolyn Williams and Pat Howard

UK College of Nursing, UK HealthCare Host 26th Annual Nursing Research Papers Day

Oct 19, 2016

UK HealthCare and the UK College of Nursing showcased the work of nurses and students at the 26th annual Nursing Research Papers Day at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa on Nov. 11, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. This year, nationally known nurse scientist Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSC, CNM, FAAN, served as the keynote speaker and presented “Post Traumatic Growth in Clinicians: Positive Aspects of Clinicians Who Experience Secondary Traumatic Stress.” Download the agenda here.

College of Nursing Celebrates Golden Wildcats with Annual Homecoming Lunch

Oct 14, 2016

The College of Nursing celebrated the 50th anniversary of the class of 1966 - our Golden Wildcats - and the classes of 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006 at the Signature Club on Friday, Oct. 7. Students and faculty gathered for lunch and heard from Dr. Janie Heath, dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing, Col. Marla De Jong, PhD alum, to honor the legacy and tradition of nursing excellence left by the Golden Wildcats. Below is the Dean's address:

Are Kentucky Cigarette Prices to Blame for Smoking Rates?

Oct 13, 2016

The following appeared on 89.3 WFPL, Louisville's NPR News Station, on October 11, 2016. By Lisa Gillespie Ten months after completing a smoking cessation class, Terrence Silver started smoking cigarettes again. It was his first attempt at quitting after smoking for 40 years. His biggest motivation to quit: cost. “That was the primary reason I was going to quit, the money,” Silver said. “It wasn’t health, wasn’t that I didn’t like it. It was the money.”

Are Kentucky Cigarette Prices to Blame for Smoking Rates?

By: Lisa Gillespie Oct 13, 2016

Ten months after completing a smoking cessation class, Terrence Silver started smoking cigarettes again. It was his first attempt at quitting after smoking for 40 years. His biggest motivation to quit: cost. “That was the primary reason I was going to quit, the money,” Silver said. “It wasn’t health, wasn’t that I didn’t like it. It was the money.” Silver lives across the river in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where the tax on cigarettes is 99 cents per pack. So he comes to Kentucky to buy his cigarettes, where the tax is 60 cents.

College of Nursing Student, Alumna Receive Lyman T. Johnson Constituency Group Torch Bearer and Torch of Excellence Awards

Oct 10, 2016

College of Nursing alumna LaJava Chenault, MSN, RN, receives the Torch of Excellence Award. The University of Kentucky Alumni Association’s Lyman T. Johnson Constituency Group awarded undergraduate nursing student Simone Curd and alumna LaJava Chenault, MSN, RN, the Torch Bearer and Torch of Excellence Awards at its 26th Annual Homecoming Awards Celebration on Oct. 7 at the UK Alumni House.

Professor and Nurse Researcher Receives University of Louisville 2016 Florence Nightingale Award

Oct 5, 2016

The University of Louisville School of Nursing will honor UK College of Nursing Professor Deborah Reed, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAOHN, FAAN, as well as five other nurses in Kentucky and Southern Indiana with the 2016 Florence Nightingale Awards for their dedication to improving the lives of patients, the community and the profession.

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