College of Nursing
December 11, 2019
UAMS Awarded $4 Million to Study Digital Delivery of Heart Patient Care
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded $4 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study digital delivery of health care to patients with heart failure. The project is under the leadership of Leanne Lefler, Ph.D., APRN, an associate professor in the College of Nursing, who is a Fellow…
November 29, 2019
Workshop Trains Facilitators for Poverty Simulation and Effects on Health
Experiencing poverty and its effects on a person’s health was the focus of a two-day training workshop at UAMS to help health care providers better relate to patients and possible barriers to treatment. Students, faculty and staff from across UAMS, including the main campus and regional campuses, participated in the Community Action Poverty Simulation Nov….
November 25, 2019
Senior Rosa Ruvalcaba Serna named Arkansas Nursing Student of the Year
UAMS College of Nursing senior Rosa Ruvalcaba Serna has been named the Arkansas Nursing Students’ Association (ANSA) Student of the Year. The award was presented last month at the ANSA state convention. “When Erin Salter, one of my classmates, told me I’d been selected, I started getting teary-eyed, because I was not expecting it,” said…
November 19, 2019
Sara Jones Named American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Fellow
Sara Jones, Ph.D., APRN, assistant professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, has become the third nursing faculty member at UAMS to be named as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Jones is the coordinator for the psychiatric mental health specialty in the college’s nurse practitioner program, “Becoming a Fellow in…
November 8, 2019
Faculty Spotlight: Leonie DeClerk, D.N.P.
After more than 35 years in Arkansas and more than a decade at UAMS, Leonie DeClerk, D.N.P., RN, APRN, director of the College of Nursing D.N.P. program and a clinical assistant professor, has recently found the familiar to be surprisingly different. A native of New Zealand who was recruited to move to Arkansas in 1981…
November 7, 2019
UAMS Nursing Students Receive Scholarships
Nursing students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) were recently awarded scholarships made possible by the Harvey and Bernice Jones Trust for Nursing of Springdale. The eight UAMS College of Nursing students, all of whom live and work in Northwest Arkansas, were each awarded $5,000 for the 2019-2020 academic year ($2,500 per…
November 6, 2019
UAMS Receives Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Program
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) College of Nursing has been accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs to educate nurse anesthetists. “Creating a nurse anesthesia program fits within UAMS’s larger strategic goals of embracing innovative programs and new approaches to train tomorrow’s health care workforce and improve health…
November 4, 2019
New Exhibit Celebrates 140th Anniversary of UAMS
Turning 140 years old means having a lot of history to celebrate. That history is the focus of a new exhibit composed by the UAMS Historical Research Center on display across from the College of Medicine administrative offices on the first floor of the Central Building. Those who researched, curated and installed the display said…
October 9, 2019
College of Nursing Speaker Outlines Sleep Research of Cancer Survivors
A leading nurse scientist, Belinda Mandrell, Ph.D., R.N., has found that nurses can be the solution to meeting challenging research requirements. Mandrell is the director of nursing research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Introduced by UAMS College of Nursing Dean Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., she was this year’s guest speaker Sept….
September 13, 2019
Staff Spotlight: Ava Coleman
Ava Coleman likes to talk to people, to really get to know them. In fact, that’s a big part of what she’s paid to do – and why she loves being a part of the UAMS College of Nursing staff, where she’s affectionately known as Queen Ava. “I really can’t say enough how much we…
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