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

Sep 29, 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.

E-Cigarettes Not Safe During Pregnancy

Sep 26, 2016

E-cigarettes are increasingly popular, and adult women of childbearing age are the most common users. This is especially true in Kentucky, which has the country's second highest rate of smoking during pregnancy. Many women try to quit or reduce their smoking while pregnant, and may turn to e-cigs under the belief that they are safer or harmless during pregnancy. But are e-cigs and other electronic smoking products safe for an unborn child?

College of Nursing Holds Annual Scholarship Brunch

Sep 26, 2016

The UK College of Nursing held its annual Scholarship Brunch on Sept. 10 in the Hyatt Regency ballroom to celebrate 2016-2017 scholarship recipients and honor their donors for making these scholarship possible.

BREATHE Faculty and Staff Members to Serve as Panelists on Secondhand Exposure Public Forum

By: Phillip M. Bailey Sep 23, 2016

Mayor Greg Fischer is ready to start a public conversation on Louisville banning electronic cigarettes and hookah five months after he first raised the idea. Fischer’s office announced a community educational forum will take place Wednesday to discuss the possibility of expanding the city's smoking ban. The move comes almost a decade after the city first enacted a comprehensive law forbidding the use of tobacco products in all indoor public spaces and workplaces.

Associate Professor Receives Ohio State University College of Nursing Mildred E. Newton Distinguished Educator Award

Sep 22, 2016

The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Nursing recently honored UK College of Nursing Associate Professor and PhD Program Director Susan Frazier, PhD, RN, FAHA, with the Mildred E. Newton Distinguished Educator Award.

UK College of Nursing Welcomes Back Colonel Marla De Jong for Second Annual Nursing Leadership Lecture Series

Sep 15, 2016

A 2005 PhD graduate from the UK College of Nursing, Colonel Marla De Jong, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, will be the first of three prestigious speakers to present at this year’s annual Nursing Leadership Lectureship Series. Her presentation, “Advancing Nursing Science through Leadership and Knowledge,” will take place on Thurs., Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. in the UK Hospital Pavilion A auditorium.

Teach teens that driving is a privilege, not an entitlement

Sep 14, 2016

Written by Dianna Inman, this article appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on September 4, 2016. In the formative years of adolescence, teens test their limits and push their boundaries, often with the expectation of emancipation through a driver’s license. Parents must provide a safe passage to adulthood while guarding teens against risky behaviors. But parents rarely pause to consider the risks associated with handing the car keys to an adolescent driver.

Nurse Researcher Helps Launch Virtual Hill Day for Perinatal Depression and Mood Disorders

Sep 13, 2016

An estimated 10%–20% of women experience depression or anxiety during pregnancy or in the postpartum period. Yet access to screening and treatment options for many of these women is grim.

The College of Nursing Celebrates National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week

Aug 31, 2016

The following letter is from Martha Biddle, PhD, APRN, CCNS, FAHA, assistant professor at the UK College of Nursing and gerontology clinical nurse specialist for UK HealthCare. College of Nursing faculty, staff and students:

College of Nursing Opens New Lactation Room for Breastfeeding Mothers

Aug 30, 2016

Pictured above from left to right: Dr. Janie Heath, dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing, Associate Professor Ana Linares, DNS, RN, IBCLC, Erika Chambers, director of Work-Life for UKHR, and undergraduate nursing students Liz Carr and Caroline Newman.

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