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by Wendy Bowles, Margaret Graham and Portia Zaire
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed both the importance of and deficiencies in our healthcare system, including our primary care infrastructure. And beyond a shadow of a doubt, it has spotlighted the need for registered nurses to play a larger role in serving patients in primary care settings.
College of Nursing honorees recognized for excellence in research, academic leadership
Two leaders from The Ohio State University College of Nursing were honored Tuesday with 2020 Nurse of the Year Awards from the March of Dimes at the organization’s virtual ceremony.
by Karen Patricia Williams
Years ago while having a conversation with a friend who was pursuing her MBA, she mentioned the concept of mirror fallacy. This business concept means when you as the individual learn or discover something “new,” you immediately think you’re the only one who knows or discovered that which is “new”.
CARES grant to fund offerings aimed at reducing stress, anxiety and depression
The Ohio State University has received new state grant funding from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) to create and expand programming to help undergraduate and graduate students cope with stress, anxiety, depression and burnout associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ohio State University College of Nursing faculty members Associate Professor Todd Monroe, PhD, RN-BC, FNAP, FGSA, FAAN, Professor Karen Rose, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, and Assistant Professor Kathy Wright, PhD, APRN-CNS, PMHCNS-BC, were honored with Distinguished Nurse Educator in Gerontological Nursing awards, presented by the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellenc
The organization Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) tonight honored Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, vice president for health promotion, chief wellness officer and College of Nursing dean at The Ohio State University, with its prestigious Ada Sue Hinshaw Award to commemorate Melnyk’s lifetime of cutting-edge
by Pat Ford-Roegner
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife in honor of the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society because of her ability to use data to create new standards for sanitation in the army and beyond, thereby decreasing the death rate.
All-virtual summit hosted by The Ohio State University to focus on promoting and protecting the well-being of healthcare professionals and students
Magazine honors college’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion
For the fifth year in a row, INSIGHT into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, is honoring The Ohio State University College of Nursing with the 2020 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.
COLUMBUS, OH — The National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) has awarded an additional two-year R03 grant to accompany a five-year K08 career development grant to Principal Investigator Timiya S. Nolan, PhD, APRN-CNP, ANP-BC, assistant professor in the College of Nursing’s Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children and Youth and her team. The K08 study is entitled “Piloting Y-AMBIENT: A Quality of Life Intervention for Young African America