Over years of working in teams with doctors and social workers and physical therapists, nursing researchers have become acutely aware of the places and times when healthcare communication breaks down...
With comparisons to Redwood forests and ancestral links to those who came before them, the Class of 2017’s speakers focused on their passion for science, wellness and connections to faculty...
Identifying and managing postpartum depression can be difficult — particularly in rural areas where women, and their doctors, are isolated. College of Nursing Associate Professor Gwen Latendresse has designed an...
Three years ago, the Utah Legislature changed state law to remove the prescribing barriers for new psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners. Now, the College of Nursing is trying to meet the...
At any given moment, nurses know they will be working with a nutritionist, physical therapist, social worker or doctor. So who better to figure out a way to break through...
Two University of Utah College of Nursing graduate students have organized an iPod drive for the month of March to benefit the Utah Music & Memory Coalition. U. students can...
While much of cancer research is focused on digging into patients' genetic and treatment records, College of Nursing Distinguished Professor Kathi Mooney told Vice President Joe Biden health care providers...
Jill Shepherd served in the US Military as a Combat Medic in the Utah National Guard, while earning her degree in Nursing at Southern Utah University. She has done outstanding...
From HPV vaccination rates to the causes of pediatric asthma, University of Utah nurse scientists are delving into areas of research that will change health care. That work earned the...
The campaign to vaccinate girls and boys against cancer-causing HPV has faced resistance from the start. College of Nursing professor Deanna Kepka is digging into immunization records to find out...
This month, the college opened a new display, the “Legacy of Nursing” collection on the third floor, and honored Kaufman, who retired in 2012, for her efforts to collect and...
A deadline looms over scientific researchers around the country: Next year, everything from bloodspots to biopsy tissue will be considered a "human specimen" requiring patient consent before it can be...
Over the past decade, Father Rick Lawson has supported the College of Nursing with scholarships and building funds. Now, he has focused on faculty recruitment and retention.
College of Nursing biomedical informatics professor Kathy Sward, along with a team of researchers from three other University departments, has received a $5.5 million grant from the National Institutes of...
Many College of Nursing students have been and will continue to be impacted by the generosity and commitment of the Dee family and the Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee...
Keynote Speaker: Diane Carlson Evans, a former Army combat nurse and Vietnam veteran, founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial to pay tribute to and to memorialize the more than 265,000 women...
Communication between poison control centers and emergency departments is still old school: Doctors and nurses scribble notes down on scraps of paper and try to translate what the poison control...
