The School of Nursing & Health Innovations would like to welcome Gary Laustsen as a FT Visiting Faculty for Spring semester 2023. Laustsen’s work on Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and Research was recently named Best of 2022 by the American Journal of Nursing’s Best Book of the Year Award in the Environmental Health […]
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School of Nursing and Health Innovations Received a Community Partner Award
On October 16 the UP School of Nursing & Health Innovations was honored with a Community Partner Award at the SHARE Harry Potter & the Cauldron of Soup Soup’s On! competition at Ilani. “Your students help to enhance our programs; they bring expertise and awareness. Their presence helps the team address health issues on the […]
Calling All Babies!
The School of Nursing is looking for baby models to spend an hour with our Family Nurse Practitioner students who are learning about baby development and milestones. This will take place on Saturday, May 21, 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. We are especially interested in babies from newborn to 9 months of age who were born within approximately […]
School of Nursing Opportunity for Pregnant Volunteers
The School of Nursing is in need of pregnant volunteers for a DNP class on Sunday, March 21 from 2-3 p.m. Volunteer subjects will be interviewed by the students, who will also measure your abdomen, listen for fetal heart tones, and ask questions. Compensation of $50 will be provided. If you or someone you know […]
Free Zoom Presentation: “Nurses Out Front: The Future of Nurse-Driven Health Reform,” Dec. 11
School of Nursing dean Casey Shillam will serve as a panelist for the 2020 Oregon Health Forum’s “Nurses Out Front: The Future of Nurse-Driven Health Reform,” a Zoom event on Friday, December 11, at 10 a.m. In this first-ever all-nurse panel ever hosted by the OHF, Shillam will be sharing about the work the School […]
Weekly Webinar for Health Care Providers
The School of Nursing is hosting a weekly webinar for health care providers on the front lines. Each week, we focus on a different self-care topic, method, or conversation. Attendees are directed to watch the 30-minute self-care video on the School of Nursing page before attending. The Health Care Self Care series is an offering from […]
Big Change for Maureen Briare: Welcome (Back) to Nursing
Maureen Briare will be returning to her nursing career by joining the School of Nursing faculty as an instructor for fall 2020. Maureen states, “I am beyond excited for the privilege of being able to accompany students on their journey of self-discovery, synthesis of skills and information, and especially their growth as caring, loving, human beings […]
Trauma Informed Care Event, Feb. 24: That’s Today!
The School of Nursing will present a Trauma Informed Care event on Monday, February 24 (today!) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. Mandy Davis from Portland State University, who serves as director of Trauma Informed Oregon, will speak on understanding how trauma impacts individuals and families. All are welcome to attend. […]
School of Nursing Opportunity for Pregnant Females
The School of Nursing is in need of pregnant females for a prenatal simulation class on Saturday, February 22, from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. Volunteer subjects must be willing to be interviewed by graduate family nurse practitioner students, as well as being measured for fundal height and checked for fetal heart tones. Compensation will be provided. […]
“The Undertaking,” Pomerleau Concert Series, Feb. 5
“The Undertaking,” part of the Rev. Claude Pomerleau Memorial Concert Series, will take place on Wednesday, February 5, at 7 p.m., in Hunt Center Recital Hall. A reception will follow. An aging mother’s health teeters on the brink. Her adult daughter scrambles to find footing as her role shifts from child to authority figure. Death […]