Donna S. Engleman, 1988 School of Nursing B.S.N. alumna, has been named a 2016 University of Louisville Alumni Fellow, part of the Alumni Association's Wilson Wyatt Alumni Awards. The awards are given to prominent graduates who have earned distinction in their careers and have been exemplary ambassadors for the university.
Exploring a new intervention to help older adults age optimally is the focus of the Sept. 14 lecture to kick off the second year of the Optimal Aging Lecture Series, sponsored by the University of Louisville Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging and the UofL Alumni Association This lecture is part of the Insitute’s Optimal Aging Month observance.
University of Louisville School of Nursing Instructor Cynethia Bethel-Jaiteh has received the National Black Nurses Association Under 40 Award, which recognizes nurses age 40 and younger who have shown strong leadership and excellence in practice. She was honored during the association’s national conference in Memphis, Tenn., on Aug. 5.
At least once a day, the University of Louisville LGBT Center receives a call from a person asking for the name of an LGBTQ-friendly physician. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals often report that they avoid the health care system because they experienced discrimination in a medical setting. This can lead to poorer health outcomes for these individuals.
Nine University of Louisville undergraduate nursing students recently returned from a nearly two-week study abroad trip to Scotland, which included touring four health care facilities in urban and rural settings where they interacted with physicians, nurses and midwives.
A University of Louisville School of Nursing researcher has found that the presence of children in the home did not motivate parents to test and mitigate for radon and secondhand tobacco smoke, both of which cause lung cancer. The findings underscore the need to raise awareness of these exposure risks and their long-term effects on children.
Emily Neal, a forensic nurse specialist and recent graduate of the University of Louisville School of Nursing online RN to BSN program, encourages other registered nurses to earn their bachelor of science in nursing.
The completely online program has been named one of the 10 best RN to BSN programs in the country by AffordableCollegesOnline.org.
As many as one-third of parents who experience the loss of a pregnancy may suffer from intense grief, resulting in anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. Marianne Hutti, PhD, APRN, coordinator of the Women's Health-Family Nurse Practitioner Dual Major Program at the University of Louisville School of Nursing, is leading a study that will help nurses and physicians predict which individuals would benefit from intervention to cope with intense grief over the loss of a pregnancy.
Whitney Ann Nash, Ph.D., M.S.N., A.N.P.-BC, associate dean of practice and service for the University of Louisville School of Nursing, has been elected to serve as the Kentucky representative for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She will begin a two-year term following the Annual Membership meeting of the AANP National Conference on June 13 in New Orleans.
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