In the fall of 2017, University of Utah Labor and Delivery doctors and nurse midwives started offering nitrous oxide to laboring mothers. But labor and delivery nitrous oxide is different...
Alex Wubbels insists she did what any other nurse would have done when she blocked a Salt Lake City Police detective determined to get a blood sample from her patient...
Distinguished Professor Kathi Mooney’s and Professor Lee Ellington’s Interdisciplinary Training Grant in Cancer, Caregiving, and End-of-Life Care (T32) was renewed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for another five...
The 12-week-long study concluded most of young adults were willing to use a commercially available medication reminder app on their smartphones and found it helpful. The researchers believe electronic tools...
This year, two of the college’s educators—Associate Professors Sara Hart and Kathie Supiano--have been recognized by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of...
A research team led by College of Nursing Assistant Professor Nancy Allen has developed an online interactive app to help motivate patients to be more physically active to manage their...
The University of Utah College of Nursing has received the American Association of College of Nursing’s (AACN) inaugural “New Era Award,” which recognizes the nursing education institution that has made...
Burn unit nurse and College of Nursing Alum Alex Wubbels (Class of 2009) was the keynote speaker at our Sigma Theta Tau International, Gamma Rho Chapter Induction Nov. 16.
At this year's Grief and the Holidays event, The Piano Guys' Jon Schmidt said he has been surprised by the joy and comfort he has found in the year since...
Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Kathleen Kaufman and Young Alumni Award Winner Amy Hartman urged nurses to follow in the footsteps of the leaders who have come before them--start a business...
After several years of caring for older adults, Amy Hartman, BSN '04, noticed the frustration of some of her clients when managing caregiving of patients with dementia. Her company, Solstice...
After nearly 30 years of teaching and advocating for the profession of nursing, retired Associate Professor Kathleen Kaufman will receive the College of Nursing's 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Dr. Ezekiel and Edna Wattis Dumke focused much of their philanthropic giving on the people and institutions who care for patients--mentoring physicians and helping to pay for educational buildings. Fitting...
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...
No one plans to dedicate their life to being the first healthcare provider to see a hurt child. For 2017 Dare to Care Award Winner Jeanlee Carver, her life’s work...
An interest in care and health in different cultures has led Nancy Godfrey, RN, PhD, to a remarkable 35-year career in international health. After caring for refugees in Sudan and...
