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Bridging the field of early childhood literacy with child health and development, faculty member Elaine Thomas, MSN, RN, CNE, Senior Lecturer, is serving as co-investigator on a recently funded grant award to the ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ School of Information in partnership with…
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During the spring semester retreat on January 13, 2022, ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ College of Nursing faculty and staff added their voices to a new project entitled, Sacred Breath: Nurses Respond to Covid-19, presented by the Wick Poetry Center in collaboration with the Ohio Nurses…
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![Senior nursing student Melody Gruse, demonstrates the i-Human simulation experience on her laptop.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/iHuman1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=nDkWBJ.bISI0tFcBVO0Eu8nCFtEfEXCX)
Wow, 2020 was rough! Not only did it affect our everyday way of life and how we manage contagious viruses, but it also put our educational system on notice that we need to be flexible and able to change up our teaching methods on a dime. Luckily for nurses, flexibility is our…
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U.S. News & World Report has named three ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2022. ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ is recognized in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs, Best Online Graduate Education Programs and Best Online MBA Programs rankings.
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The American Academy of Nursing recently announced that Versie Johnson-Mallard, Ph.D., APRN-BC, FAAN, FAANP, ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ College of Nursing Dean, professor and Henderson Endowed Chair, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors until 2024. In this role Johnson…
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Commonly used by nurses to infuse patient medications and fluids, intravenous (IV) insertion, or cannulation, is a vital but difficult skill for nursing students to master. As Co-Principal Investigator for the study, “Bimodal Haptic-Mixed Reality (HMR) Needle Insertion…
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![Drs. Hansen (left) and Dowell stand outside of Henderson Hall on a sunny, fall day.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/JoDana1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=ovpnt8Q1VfQ6ukcEg5PSLqwq43wWXm1V)
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ College of Nursing recently announced the appointment of Jo Dowell, Ph.D., APRN, CNP, PNP, FNP-BC, CFNE, assistant professor, along with Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN, associate professor, as co-directors of the Ph.D. program. The newly developed state-of…
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The past few years have not been the easiest for students in the College of Nursing. Our students have been faced with challenges not seen for over a century. As nurses tend to do, these students adapted and worked hard to make the best of a difficult situation. Remote learning…
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![Barb Drew, Jim Tudhope and Wendy Umberger pose for a photo with Peg's Foundation President Rick Kellar.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/ImpactMorganAward2021_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=okllNGgw.maDL.FtSDVy0mP2MbQFc6P4)
Peg’s Foundation recently recognized ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ College of Nursing as the recipient of the 2021 Morgan Impact Award for Excellence in Education for its work in leading change in mental health care service delivery.