If 2020 has taught us one thing, it is the length nurses and midwives will go to protect our population. Amid the adversity of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and midwives...
A lot has changed since Mary Lou Peak, BSN ’49, MD, attended some of the first nursing classes at the University of Utah (U of U). For one thing, tuition...
On the morning of March 18, 2020, Melinda Patterson (below), DNP ’19, RN, OCN, NE-BC, and nurse manager, pulled her team together in the University of Utah Hospital’s Emergency Department...
Julie Nielsen, Family Primary Care DNP student from Orem, is passionate about serving others both locally and globally. Nielsen is following in her grandmother’s footsteps to serve others From a...
Nestor Chavez, BSN student from Heber City, believes one of the prerequisites for becoming a good nurse is an appreciation for dark humor. Chavez appreciates the many career choices he...
Former NFL defensive tackle Haloti Ngata will speak at this year's Grief and the Holidays, sponsored by Caring Connections. Join us Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at the College of...
College of Nursing Simulation Learning Center Director Maddie Lassche, BSN '99 and DNP '19, received the College of Nursing's 2019 Young Alumni Award during a ceremony Oct. 24.
Emory University Professor Sydney Spangler, BSN '97 and MSN '99, a certified nurse midwife and global health innovator, received the College of Nursing's 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award during a ceremony...
PhD student M.J. Tran talks about her first exposure to the world of healthcare while helping her mother fight tuberculosis meningitis in the first of our Q & A profiles...
Professor Kathy Sward has been named Presidential Scholars, an award that honors extraordinary research and academic efforts of early to mid-career faculty. The scholars are picked annually and receive funding...
The College of Nursing has re-established its Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program after a four-year hiatus. Specialty Track Director Rob Sylvester says Utah's demographic trends require a robust corps of pediatric...
Starting in the fall of 2020, the College of Nursing will begin offering a joint DNP-PhD. Nurse leaders say the combined degrees will capture the best of both advanced degrees...
The University of Utah and the Huntsman Foundation have announced six additional presidential faculty chairs. The Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chairs provide sweeping support to academic researchers, educators, and clinicians...
The College of Nursing's BirthCare HealthCare faculty practice took over providing care for South Main Clinic patients in 2016. Each year, nurse midwives provide critical primary and prenatal care to...
