Public Service

Dr. Zim Okoli Speaks at Tobacco Tax Media Event, Calls for Higher Cigarette Tax with Members of BREATHE

  Supporters of a higher cigarette tax in Kentucky, including members of the College of Nursing BREATHE (Bridging Research Efforts and Advocacy Toward Health Environments) Team, rallied at the State Capitol in Frankfort on Thursday, February 8.

PATHways: A Journey of Healing and Hope

Four 4 Kentucky: Strategic Faculty Hires Advance the College’s Mission for Excellence in Research, Education and Practice

Step back in time to 2014. The College of Nursing was in the middle of searching for a dean. The College’s Interim Dean, Patricia B. Howard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, was negotiating with Norton Healthcare to expand the College’s DNP Program to five cohorts of Norton’s baccalaureate staff nurses. The demand for nursing education—especially post-master’s level certificate programs—was steadily rising.

Faculty Members, PhD Student Represent College of Nursing on Capitol Hill

Representatives from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing recently met with eight Kentucky legislators on Capitol Hill on behalf of Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research (FNINR), the advocacy arm of the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR) which is one of 27 institutes of the National Institutes of Health that funds nurse researchers.

UK College of Nursing, UK HealthCare Program Helps Pregnant Women Through Opioid Crisis

This article appeared in the Kentucky Herald-Leader on September 1, 2017. By Linda Blackford For much of her life, April Osborne has struggled with the illness of addiction, an inexorable pull that dragged her across state lines, and in and out of courtrooms, custody hearings and jail cells, always heeding the siren call of alcohol, pills or, in the end, heroin. She wasn’t sure she’d ever get clean or live with her children again.  “I didn’t see a way out,” Osborne said. 

"Get Fit and Quit" Helps Women in Recovery Replace Cigarettes with Sweat

  From left: Corey Donohoo, Tonya Jernigan, Tisha Ducas, Janine Barnett, Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Susan Sanders. Partners and researchers not present: Kristin Ashford, Andrea McCubbin and Susan Westneat. While managing her sobriety, returning to the workforce and enduring a grueling legal process to reunite with her children, Missy couldn’t imagine a day without cigarettes.

WellCare Announces $80,000 in College of Nursing Scholarships Aimed at Improving Rural Health

  Recognizing the need for quality primary care in rural areas of the Commonwealth, WellCare of Kentucky, a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. will provide $80,000 to fund scholarships for the University of Kentucky College of Nursing aimed at increasing the number of nurses working in primary medicine and psychiatry in Eastern Kentucky. WellCare, in conjunction with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and College of Nursing, will fund up to 30 scholarships valued at $180,000 for medical and nursing students at various stages of their studies.

Cigarettes: Is the Cost of That Pack Worth the Damage to Your Body?

  Ellen J. Hahn, PhD, RN, FAAN, director of BREATHE and Marcia A. Dake professor of nursing at the UK College of Nursing, discusses the impacts of tobacco use and how to prevent them on Kentucky Educational Television (KET) with Dr. Tuckson. You can also view the video here.  Below is a full list of airing times: ​

College of Nursing Dean, Students Travel to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Nursing Workforce

College of Nursing Dean Janie Heath, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, undergraduate student Alysha Kennedy and PhD student Shannon Parsley, RN, CEN, traveled to Washington D.C. for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Student Policy Summit, March 19-21.

Faculty Members Receive Grant for Tobacco-free Ambassadors (TAP) Partnership: Linking K-12 Schools and Community Colleges Project

College of Nursing Professor Ellen Hahn, PhD, RN, FAAN, and College of Education Assistant Professor Mindy Ickes, PhD, recently received $100,000 from the CVS Health Foundation for their Tobacco-free Ambassadors Partnership (TAP): Linking K-12 Schools and Community Colleges project.