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UK Nursing Student's Board Game Prompts Patients to Choose Heart-Healthy Foods

Oct 12, 2015

Student Recognition

By Elizabeth Adams When University of Kentucky College of Nursing student Sooksai Kaewbua brings her heart-healthy board game to Eastern State Hospital, the first obstacle is getting patients to participate. Using the facility’s intercom, she and fellow nursing staff members in the geriatric unit recruit the first few players to get the game rolling.

College of Nursing Awarded Highest Accreditation as Provider of Continuing Education

Oct 12, 2015

Recognition

University of Kentucky, College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The accreditation has been granted with distinction, the highest recognition awarded by the ANCC, and will expire March 31, 2020.

Adebola Adegboyega, a PhD Student from Nigeria, Published a Research Review in Kentucky Nurse

Oct 8, 2015

Student Recognition

Adebola Adegboyega, a BSN-PhD student from Nigeria, published a research review, titled "Unequal Access: African Immigrants and American Health Care,” in the current issue of Kentucky Nurse, the official publication of the Kentucky Nurses Association.

Dean Heath is Featured on Provost Timothy Tracy's Blog

Oct 8, 2015

Recognition

University of Kentucky Provost Tim Tracy featured a Q&A with Dean Janie Heath on his blog. Below is the Q&A: At the University of Kentucky, it is truly an honor to work with such a large and diverse group of talented people. As we prepare to take our Strategic Plan to the Board of Trustees later this month, I am particularly grateful for our 18 academic deans.

Governor Steve Beshear Reappoints College of Nursing Faculty Member to Kynect Advisory Board

Oct 7, 2015

Faculty Recognition

Governor Steve Beshear reappointed College of Nursing Assistant Professor Kathy Wheeler, PhD, RN, APRN, FAANP, to the Kynect Advisory Board on September 25. In this role Wheeler will represent health care providers in counsel to the Kynect initiative, which assists the state in pursuing the development of a state-based health care system.

College of Nursing Professor Pioneers Breastfeeding Research in Kentucky

Oct 5, 2015

Research

By Sally Evans Assistant Professor Ana Linares, DNS, RN, IBCLC is breaking new ground as the only nurse researcher to study human lactation in Kentucky—at UK’s very own College of Nursing. Dr. Linares, mother of four and grandmother to six, first collaborated on a project to study factors associated with health decisions of Hispanic women in Lexington after moving to the U.S. from Arica, Chile in 2009. “I focused on the Hispanic population because I knew that they would feel comfortable with me,” she says.

College of Nursing Dean's Advisory Board Invites First Undergraduate Representative

Oct 5, 2015

Undergraduate

College of Nursing Junior Megan Auger is the first undergraduate nursing student to serve as a member on the Dean’s Advisory Board, where she represents and speaks for the student body in counsel to Dr. Janie Heath, dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing. Associate Dean of Undergraduate Faculty Affairs Patricia Burkhart, PhD, RN, asked Auger to serve on the Dean’s Advisory Board after noticing Auger’s exceptional nursing qualities.

College of Nursing Professor Appointed Baptist Health Lexington Healthservices Leadership Scholar

Sep 30, 2015

Faculty Recognition

Professor Nora Warshawsky, PhD, RN, CNE, has been appointed the inaugural Baptist Health Lexington Healthservices Leadership Scholar. Baptist Health Lexington has a long tradition of excellent nursing and patient care. And as a national Magnet organization, it has been recognized for its commitment to nursing leadership development and research.

Author of A Nurse’s Story discusses her book with UK’s pre-nursing students

Sep 30, 2015

Seminars, Lectures

Tilda Shalof, author of A Nurse’s Story, spoke to pre-nursing students about her work as a an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse and what it is really like to work behind the closed hospital curtains. Shalof discussed the drama, the sardonic humor, the grinding workload, the cheerful camaraderie, the big issues and the small, during her talk at Memorial Hall on September 29, 2015.

Nursing Student Receives Eleanor M. Stone Scholarship for Continuing Education

Sep 25, 2015

Student Recognition

College of Nursing undergraduate student Brittany U’Wren received the Eleanor M. Stone Scholarship for Continuing Education after providing direct care for Eleanor Stone, a resident of Wesley Village Senior Living Community in Wilmore who passed away in January 2014. Stone’s family was so inspired by the hard work of U’Wren, a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at Wesley Village, and her colleagues, that they started the scholarship fund in honor of their mother to assist a CNA in attaining a higher level of education.

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