College of Nursing
May 20, 2019
UAMS Graduates 864 Health Care Professionals
Degrees and certificates were awarded to 864 graduates of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) five colleges and graduate school May 18 during a commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. Degrees were presented to 165 in the College of Medicine, 229 in the College of Nursing, 111 in the College of…
May 16, 2019
UAMS Celebrates National Nurses Week
A week of educational talks, events, awards and discounts marked the many ways in which UAMS celebrated National Nurses Week May 4-10 including weekends, nights and off-site clinics. “Nursing requires a tremendous amount of compassion, spending your entire day attending to the needs of others,” said Trenda Ray, Ph.D., RN, associate vice chancellor for patients…
May 2, 2019
UAMS Volunteers Provide Physicals for Special Olympics Athletes
Like a school gym on tryout day, the waiting room of the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center was abuzz with energy as dozens of young athletes waited their turn to take a physical that would clear them for sporting competition. Some were a bundle of nerves. Others were relaxed and all smiles. But…
April 30, 2019
UAMS Psychiatric Nurse Serves Patients and Her Country
Just about any nurse will tell you that service to patients and their families is a very big part of what they do. But Codi Anthony, M.N.Sc., APRN, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, has a commitment that goes beyond her work, school and children in the STRIVE program. She will finish a 10-year journey with the…
April 25, 2019
Teamwork is Focus of Nursing Research Conference
Dozens of research projects were on display April 12 at the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neuroscience Institute as part of the 2019 Annual Arkansas Nursing Research Conference: Building Collaborative Teams in Research and Practice. The day-long conference brought together 170 participating nurses in clinical practice, as well as professors, instructors and students, for…
April 5, 2019
Dean’s Circle Reception Celebrates Support for Nursing
UAMS College of Nursing Dean Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., RN, shared gratitude, reflection and a look at what’s to come for the college in a Dean’s Circle event to celebrate donors. “These funds enable us to advance the mission of the college, both in broadening the scope of instruction available to our students and in helping…
April 4, 2019
Nursing Educator Again Helps Mothers, Infants in Her Native Zambia
For Anita Mitchell, Ph.D., APRN, an associate professor in the College of Nursing, spring break has meant a chance to travel for five of the past seven years, but it’s not been with vacation in mind. Her goal has been to help mothers and infants in Zambia, the African country where she was born and…
February 12, 2019
First Responders’ Mental Health Focus of UAMS Nursing Research
In researching the mental health needs of emergency responders, Sara Jones, Ph.D., APRN, who has long been the spouse of a firefighter/paramedic, reports they have a unique culture, often seen as a brotherhood/sisterhood. But Jones, an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, has found that even within that family, there are certain things…
January 24, 2019
Researcher Asks Why Some Abandon Treatment for Prescription Opioid Addiction
It would seem counterintuitive for a patient to undergo weeks of treatment, then at a critical moment abandon it and potentially succumb to disease. Yet, many people battling opioid addiction go through exactly that pattern of progress and relapse, oftentimes more than once. Patricia Wright, Ph.D., RN, an assistant professor and researcher in the UAMS…
January 14, 2019
Introducing Michelle Gonzalez, Ph.D., CRNA
Michelle Gonzalez, Ph.D., CRNA, joined UAMS on Jan. 2 to guide the formation and accreditation of the new nurse anesthesia educational program in the College of Nursing. She comes to UAMS from the University of Maryland School of Nursing, where she served as an assistant professor and simulation coordinator, and performed clinical practice as a…
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