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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.