NRS 492 will be a unique opportunity for undergraduate students from multiple departments to collaborate. They will learn about palliative care and how it can improve quality of life for people living with chronic illness. The goal will be for them to analyze and understand palliative care through the lens of their own academic discipline, […]
School of Nursing & Health Innovations
Blanchet House Honors UP School of Nursing & Health Innovations with 2023 Service Award
Strengthening a bond that traces back to its founding 71 years ago, Blanchet House has selected University of Portland’s School of Nursing & Health Innovations (UPSONHI) as the recipient of its 2023 Service Award. Blanchet House bestowed the honor on UPSONHI at its annual Lend a Helping Hand Brunch in downtown Portland March 5. In its ongoing […]
Palliative Care Knowledge Survey (Complete by Feb. 17)
The UP community—students, faculty, and staff—will soon have access to the Center to Advance Palliative Care throughout 2023! Before more details become available, we are asking you to complete a short survey about your current level of palliative care knowledge. The survey is available through Qualtrics at this link, and will be open now through […]
New to The Bluff: Gary Laustsen, FT Visiting Faculty, School of Nursing & Health Innovations
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 […]
$50,000 Campagna Gift To RISE
The University has announced a RISE Campaign donation of $50,000 from Dr. Mario Campagna ’49 and his late wife, Edith Campagna ’51. The donation will provide scholarships for nursing and pre-med students. Edith Campagna, a nursing graduate of the University, passed away in February 2013. The Campagnas have supported the University’s mission for many years, […]
Faculty Update
Susan Stillwell, nursing, was invited by the Nursing Quality Network, American Nurses Association to speak on “Evidence Based Practice, Research, or Quality Improvement: What’s the Difference?” The webinar was held November 29, 2012.