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A Look Back: Public Health Nurses' Impact on UK's COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts

Pictured above: Dr. Hartley Feld at UK's Field In honor of National Public Health Week 2022, we are recognizing the impact of public health nurses during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The below article was written for and featured in the UK College of Nursing's Fall 2021 edition of Engagement.  

Op-Ed by Dr. Marianne Hutti: Using Doula Services to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality

Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released statistics on maternal mortality in the United States. These statistics show maternal deaths rose at an alarming rate, and large disparities continue when deaths in black and white pregnant women are compared. Overall maternal mortality in the US rose by 14 percent between 2019 and 2020 but increased by 26 percent among black women. Mortality was three times higher when black women were compared to white women. 

UK College of Nursing Dean Janie Heath Named 2021 AACN Advocate of the Year

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has named the University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s Dean Janie Heath as their 2021 AACN Advocate of the Year for her efforts over the past year to promote academic nursing priorities in the federal sphere. 

Faculty Practice Spotlight: Dr. Holly Chitwood

  Holly Chitwood, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AGACNP-BC Assistant Professor, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track Courses

Delta Psi to Host Virtual Celebration & New Member Induction Ceremony April 24

  Please join the Sigma Theta Tau Delta Psi at-large chapter for their upcoming virtual 44th Anniversary Celebration and New Member Induction Ceremony! When: Sunday, April 24, 2022 Time: 3 p.m. Where: Zoom 

UK College of Nursing’s Dr. Okoli named to International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

From Acting Provost DiPaola – College of Nursing Dean Search Committee Announcement

The following communication is from Provost Robert DiPaola and was distributed Monday, March 14, 2022.   As you know, nominations for membership of the search committee for the Dean of the College of Nursing were solicited in February from the College of Nursing and from faculty, staff and student leadership groups via Senate Council, Staff Senate and the Student Government Association. Based on these nominations, the committee has been formed.  The search committee co-chairs are:

‘Utterly devastating.’ Tobacco still takes high human, financial toll in Kentucky.

The below article was written by Bill Estep for the Lexington Herald-Leader, published on Feb. 20, 2022 and features UK College of Nursing's Dr. Ellen Hahn. The original article is available here.

A Small Town Clinic With Progressive Care

  Pictured above, letf to right, are Dr. Anthony Carney, Amy DelRe, Dr. Sharon Lock and Dr. Lori Fugate in front of the Phyllis D. Corbitt Community Health Center in Wilmore, Ky.  It’s a small-town clinic with just a few rooms, named for a physician from an era when house calls were common. What you’ll find inside, though, is remarkably progressive.

UK College of Nursing's Dr. Ellen Hahn Featured in new KET Lung Disease Series

Six University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare experts will be featured in a three-part series by Kentucky Educational TV (KET) that examines lung disease in Kentucky: the causes, the impact on those afflicted and the exciting new developments in treatment, environmental health science and prevention.