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Leading in Education – Dean E. Carol Polifroni
“Mrs. Widmer had developed progressive (for that time) ideas regarding nursing and nursing education. She had little sympathy with the old militaristic views of nursing; believed that patients were individuals, as were nurses and students in nursing . . . ; realized that a broad and deep education was essential to the preparation of the […]
Leading in Science – Erin Young and Kyle Baumbauer Team
“Since nursing is a practice profession, practice must form one cornerstone of our profession. At the same time, since it is . . . a profession, research, the discovery of new knowledge, the testing out of such knowledge, and the construction of a scientific base for practice, must form the other cornerstone.” – Dean Marlene […]
Our 75th Anniversary Next Year – Take Part in our Celebration!
Dear Alumni and Friends: In September, we formally announced the yearlong celebration recognizing University of Connecticut’s School of Nursing 75th Anniversary of excellence in education, practice, policy and research. From a small group of 13 students in 1942 to our current standing in the top 10% of Schools of Nursing nationally we have much to […]
Leading in Practice – Alumni, Debra A. Abromaitis
“With all this emphasis on the making of nursing an intellectual discipline comparable with other such disciplines, I hope most fervently that the professional nurse will not get too far away from the actual care of the patient . . . . I plead for skilled physical ministration as a very important part of patient […]
Leading in Teaching Nursing History – Dr. Thomas Long
“Whereof what’s past is prologue, what to come In yours and my discharge.” William Shakespeare, The Tempest. A line from Shakespeare’s last play decorates a corner of the United States Archives building in Washington, DC, as well as providing the title for a required course in the UConn School of Nursing’s final baccalaureate semester: Nursing’s […]
Student Leader – Victoria Sylvestre ’17
Life is what happens when you are making other plans, as many UConn School of Nursing students learn in the course of their classroom and clinical experiences. What makes a student a leader, however, is the ability to adapt to new circumstances and seize unexpected opportunities, a lesson not lost on pre-licensure student Victoria Sylvestre. […]
Leading in Policy – DNP Student, Christopher Yi ’18
“. . . the School could choose to move toward a leadership role in the nursing profession, committing its sizable faculty resources to pushing back the frontiers of knowledge in the art and science of helping people care for their health and overcome illness. The School could choose to firmly establish itself as a leader […]
Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP) – Interdisciplinary Research for Evidence-Based Practice
After several years of preparation and strategic faculty recruitment efforts, the UConn School of Nursing this year has launched the Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP), an interdisciplinary translational research and clinical implementation center. School of Nursing senior pain researcher Associate Professor Deborah Dillon McDonald, a specialist in chronic pain in older adults, in […]
Nursing responds to the Opiate Crisis
Nursing responds to the Opiate Crisis The data are staggering. According to Connecticut’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 415 people died of heroin overdoses in 2015. Connecticut’s Senator Richard Blumenthal has called the opiate and heroin crisis a “public health hurricane.” Mental health nurse Dr. Annette Maruca, assistant clinical professor and an associate in […]
Nursing Study Abroad Short-term Programs
Nursing Study Abroad Short-term Programs Since the School of Nursing inaugurated the first full-semester clinical and didactic education abroad program in the United States less than a decade ago, students now have opportunities both for a full semester or for a variety of shorter education abroad experiences. “For many students, this time may be the […]
Quantitative Medicine with Minakshi Tikoo
School of Nursing Quantitative Medicine with Minakshi Tikoo The nursing profession is justly proud of its ethos of caring and holistic healing. However, nursing is also built on a foundation of careful attention to documenting and analyzing statistical information about a patient or patient population. Florence Nightingale was, after all, the first female Fellow of […]
CEIN/BS Nursing Program Soaring Popularity
“From tiny acorns mighty oaks do grow,” according to the popular proverb, and a decade after its inception CEIN/BS (originally called Master’s Entry into Nursing or MEIN) has grown from one site in Storrs to four, including Waterbury, Stamford, and Avery Point. Designed as an eleven-month intensive didactic and clinical program for students who had […]
High Touch Meets High Tech: Healthcare Innovation Program Expands
Due to its overwhelming success as a pilot program in the past two years, the UConn School of Nursing’s Healthcare Innovations program is set for expansion in the 2015-2016 academic year.
The Healthcare Makerspace – Conceive, Collaborate, Create
Blending the classic shop class atmosphere with modern high performance technology, “makerspaces” are revolutionizing the do-it-yourself culture.
Nursing Learning Community – Fostering Achievement
As higher education enrollments soar and lecture sizes expand, learning communities help tear down the walls of anonymity and lay a new foundation on which to build small, supportive, like-minded student communities.