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The Ohio State University College of Nursing has been named an NLN Center of Excellence (COE) for 2014 to 2018, the National League for Nursing Board of Governors has announced.
The selection is by competitive application reviewed by a panel of leaders in nursing education, with only 35 programs holding the designation. Six, including Ohio State, were added this year.
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, associate vice president for health promotion, university chief wellness officer and dean of the College of Nursing, has been appointed to the National Quality Forum's (NQF) Behavioral Health Standing Committee.
Health science experts and students from The Ohio State University will travel the state this month to teach healthy lifestyle behaviors, specifically geared to the prevention of heart attacks and strokes as part of the Department of Health & Human Services’ Million Hearts® Initiative.
Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are often put on ventilators, sedated and/or immobilized for part of their stay. Unfortunately, all of these procedures can also put them at risk for delirium, which can be debilitating and have longterm negative effects.
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN, associate vice president of health promotion, chief wellness officer and dean of the College of Nursing, will be inducted into her alma mater's Academy of Distinguished Alumni at West Virginia University on Feb. 21.
Improving communication to improve patient care in intensive care units: New evidence-based online learning modules include communications strategies and tools for helping critically ill patients who cannot speak
The Ohio State University College of Nursing has launched a special website dedicated to its 2014 Centennial observation. The site, nursing100.osu.edu, features a rich selection of content, including:
The College of Nursing has been accepted as a member of the National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE). The NHCGNE designation demonstrates the college’s commitment to the field of gerontology and to building the next generation of gerontological nurses. NHCGNE schools possess capacity in gerontological research, practice, education and leadership.
A manuscript on cardiovascular remodeling by Loren Wold, PhD, FAHA, FAPS, director of biomedical research and associate professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, was selected as one of the most important manuscripts published in 2012 by editors of the journal Circulation: Heart Failure.
The National Interprofessional Education and Practice Consortium to Advance Million Hearts® is growing and making an impact.