The Schweitzer Fellows Program supports and trains emerging health-focused graduate and professional students in creating and carrying out service projects to address unmet community needs. The Fellows carry out an April-to-April community service project of at least 200 service hours, with at least 100 hours involving direct client contact. Fellows partner with an existing community agency in the Columbus or Athens area and have both an academic and a community-based mentor.

From inventing a medical grade protective mask to forming an interdisciplinary prone team; developing a virtual rounding tool to creating color-coded signs to improve communication. Johnson & Johnson was excited to speak with ten U.S. nurses who have developed innovative solutions in response to COVID-19.

Faculty and students continue to adapt to virtual learning across The Ohio State University. Now, faculty members in the College of Nursing are using some popular puzzles to help their undergraduate students get a virtual problem-solving experience.

Telehealth – the use of communication technologies to provide healthcare services remotely – offers both patient convenience and a promising solution to the crisis of limited healthcare access in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) across the United States. Its use is spreading widely and, at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, we teach telehealth techniques across our curriculum, both on campus and online.

A celebration of The Ohio State University that is 150 years in the making includes a new scholarship program designed to develop current students into future leaders.

At The Ohio State University, students in pharmacy, nursing, respiratory therapy, dietetics, medicine and physical therapy are learning more than just their chosen profession; they are learning to work with other healthcare professionals.

During their senior-level "transitions to practice" course this semester, an Ohio State College of Nursing student team collaborated on a challenge-based learning project by creating a video that highlights evidence-based practices in determining retention and satisfaction rates among newly employed nurses.

Nursing students from higher education institutions throughout Ohio will converge at The Ohio State University College of Nursing on Oct. 26-27, 2012, for the Ohio Nursing Students Association (ONSA) Annual Convention.