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February 2011

Wisconsin Badgers Spring Football Game Proceeds Will Go To UW-Madison School of Nursing

Madison, WI - The UW-Madison Department of Athletics has announced that proceeds from the 2011 Badger football spring game will go to the UW-Madison School of Nursing campaign to build a new School of Nursing building. More »
December 2010

Region’s Leaders Work to Improve Health Care through Nursing

Madison, WI - Key health and community leaders gathered on November 30, 2010 to begin advancing recommendations aimed at transforming the nursing profession—and much of the health care system—to improve the quality of care throughout the region. Their work is part of a national initiative being launched in the wake of a landmark report from the Institute of Medicine.

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September 2010

Midwestern kids feel unsafe at school

Madison, WI - In a finding that surprised the research team, more than 20 percent of fifth-graders say they sometimes or always feel unsafe at school...The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing study of Midwestern fifth-graders also found that more than 40 percent of children surveyed said they feel unsafe going to or from school. More »
August 2010

UW System Board of Regents Recommends Funding Construction of New UW-Madison School of Nursing Building in 2011

Madison, WI – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents today recommended to the governor that state funds be put in place to permit construction in 2011 of a new 100,000–sq–ft. UW-Madison School of Nursing building. The $53 million building is currently in the programming phase, with completion slated for 2013. A mix of state and private funds will finance the construction. More »
June 2010

Tonya Roberts Awarded $100,000 AAN Predoctoral Scholarship

Madison, WI – UW–Madison School of Nursing’s Tonya Roberts, MS, RN, is one of eleven predoctoral scholars in the country to receive an American Academy of Nursing (AAN) scholarship of $100,000 to support their doctoral training and launch careers in academic geriatric nursing. More »
May 2010

Shalala to Present 2010 Littlefield Leadership Lecture

Madison, WI – Donna E. Shalala, PhD, AB, president of the University of Miami in Florida, will return to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she served as chancellor from 1987 to 1993, to present the Eleventh Annual Littlefield Leadership Lecture sponsored by the UW–Madison School of Nursing. More »
May 2010

Thelma Wells Inducted in Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

Madison, WI – Thelma Wells, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN, professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing, is one of twenty-two nurse researchers to be inducted in the newly created Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. More »
May 2010

Major Gift, Choice of Architect Propel Nursing Science Center Campaign

Madison, WI – A $500,000 gift from Barbara and Keith Weikel (’62 MS PHM, ’66 PhD BUS) has provided further momentum to the campaign for a new University of Wisconsin-Madison Nursing Science Center. More »
May 2010

Survey: Many Young Women Lack Accurate Information about STDs

MADISON, WI – Can stigmas about testing hinder the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and screening among young women? More »
May 2010

Trenell Darby Named Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholar

Madison, WI—Trenell Darby has been named a 2010 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholar. Darby, a senior at the UW–Madison School of Nursing, is both the first UW–Madison student and the first nursing student to win this prestigious scholarship. The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program is sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in partnership with Howard University. More »
April 2010

Kahler Slater Selected As Architectural Firm to Design Nursing Science Center

Madison, WI – Kahler Slater, a Wisconsin-based architectural-engineering firm, has been selected to conduct programming validation and provide the architectural design for the planned UW–Madison School of Nursing’s Nursing Science Center. More »
November 2009

Broccoli or Fast Food? Sending Kids Mixed Messages

Madison, WI – Parents may tell kids to ‘eat healthy’ but then confuse them by eating at fast-food restaurants. More »
November 2009

Brennan Receives Leadership Award in Informatics

Madison, WI – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has presented Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, with its prestigious Leadership Award for her work with Project HealthDesign. The award was presented at the AMIA 2009 Annual Symposium Leadership Dinner on November 14th.

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October 2009

Health Care Reform Legislation to Counter Nursing Faculty Shortage

Madison, WI – With a critical shortage of nursing-school faculty looming nationwide, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) has incorporated into health reform legislation a provision that significantly expands graduate degree loan repayment for nurses who join the faculty of nursing schools.

 

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September 2009

Board of Regents Approves Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Degree

Madison, WI – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved a proposal for the UW– Madison School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. The program prepares nurses for leadership roles in advanced nursing practice. Students prepare for roles as clinical nurse specialists or nurse practitioners in adult/gerontology, pediatrics or psychiatric mental health. Students interested in dual preparation as an advanced practice nurse and nurse educator may add a nursing education focus.

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