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Professor Amanda Fallin's Op-ed about Opioid Overdose Prevention

Professor Amanda Fallin and Clinical Associate Professor Patricia Freeman in the College of Pharmacy had an op-ed published in the Lexington Herald-Leader about the need for pharmacists to receive training in the use of naloxone for opioid overdose prevention and apply for certification from the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy in order help fight Kentucky’s deadly opioid epidemic. Below is the text from their op-ed:

Professor Ellen Hahn and Dean Janie Heath's Op-ed on Funding Tobacco Prevention and Treatment Efforts

Professor Ellen Hahn and Dean Janie Heath penned an op-ed that was featured in the Louisville Courier-Journal, and the Lexington Herald-Leader. The piece was written in response to a CDC report that admonished South Carolina, Texas and Kentucky for failing to provide enough money from tobacco tax revenue for tobacco prevention efforts.

College of Nursing PhD Program Director Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award

Susan Frazier, PhD, RN, FAHA, associate professor and PhD program director at the College of Nursing, received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation award: Future of Nursing Scholars at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Cohort 3 (2016-2019). This $150,000 award will support the tuition, stipend, living expenses and fees for two scholars who will begin their PhD programs in September 2016.

The Road to First-Rate Nurses: Where Both Sides Meet

College of Nursing Professor Inducted into the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International 2016 Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

  The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) inducted Terry Lennie, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, professor and associate dean of graduate faculty affairs at the UK College of Nursing, as well as 18 other nurse researchers, into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. The induction took place at STTI’s 27th International Nursing Research Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, July 21-25.

College of Nursing to Host 12th Annual Faculty Development Workshop

  The UK College of Nursing’s Office of Continuing Education will host its 12th annual faculty development workshop titled “Teaching to Transform for the New Reality of Nursing Practice” on May 16-17 at the UK College of Nursing and the UK Chandler Medical Center. This workshop will feature national speakers and unite nursing faculty from across the U.S. in an effort to examine teaching practices to transition nursing students into the reality of nursing practice.

Holmes Award Presented to Women in UK Nursing Areas

  Kristin Ashford, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN, assistant dean of research at the UK College of Nursing, and Nicole Waite, an administrative support associate for UK HealthCare Nurse Recruitment, received the Sarah Bennett Holmes Award during a luncheon ceremony at the Hilary J. Boone Center on March 10.

First Class of IPE Fellows Bridge Gaps Between Health Professions through Learning

  By Elizabeth Adams University of Kentucky faculty members across health care colleges and disciplines, including five from the UK College of Nursing, were recognized as members of the first class of Interprofessional Education (IPE) fellows on March 9.

Norton Healthcare, University of Kentucky BSN-DNP Students Present to Kentucky Governor

By Baylee Pulliam Dana Cook Pearson is a manager, but she won't be satisfied until she's at least a director. "What got me here was experience," said Pearson, who works as a health information manager for Norton Healthcare Inc. "But what would take me forward is education."

College of Nursing Assistant Research Professor and UK Student Help Launch Citywide Substance Abuse Resource

By Elizabeth Adams When an individual with a substance abuse disorder reaches out for help, the opportunity for intervention is transient. “That moment when somebody is willing to go to treatment is actually a very fleeting moment in time,” said Alex Elswick, a University of Kentucky graduate student who is in long-term recovery from heroin addiction.