As depression and suicide rates continue to rise across the country, more health care providers and educators, including at the UAMS College of Nursing, are focused on doing more to address the problem. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Prevention show suicide rates increased by 30 percent in the U.S. between 1999 and 2016, […]
Save the Date – Final Defense – Brittany Beasley
Save the date for the 12th Annual APRN State Conference
UAMS Gets Nurse Anesthesia Specialty Program Approval
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received approval from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education for a Nurse Anesthesia specialty in the College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program.
UAMS Propelled CON Alumna Freda Bush to Distinguished Career
June 1, 2018 | Freda McKissic Bush knew from an early age what she would do with her life. She wanted to help new mothers and children. She wanted to be a nurse. Bush grew up in a large family in Pine Bluff. She was the fifth of nine in the McKissic family. The older […]
College of Nursing Celebrates 2018 Graduates at Pinning Ceremony
May 30, 2018 | Commencement weekend festivities started a day early for the UAMS College of Nursing as it honored its 282 graduates at its annual pinning, hooding and recognition ceremony May 18. Friends and family packed the First Pentecostal Church sanctuary in North Little Rock as graduates from the baccalaureate, master’s, DNP and PhD […]
UAMS College of Nursing Graduates 282
May 24, 2018 | Degrees were awarded to 282 graduates of the UAMS College of Nursing on May 19 during UAMS’ commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. Overall, 969 UAMS graduates received degrees and certificates from its five colleges and graduate school. Degrees conferred in the College of Nursing included Bachelor of […]
Graphic Medicine: How Comics Can Improve Our Health with MK Czerwiec
MK Czerwiec, RN, MA is a nurse who uses comics to contemplate the complexities of illness and care-giving. She is the Artist-in-Residence at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and a Senior Fellow of the George Washington School of Nursing Center for Health Policy & Media Engagement. MK has been making comics under the pseudonym Comic […]
2018 Arkansas Nursing Research Conference
The 2018 Arkansas Nursing Research Conference will be held on Friday, April 13, 2018, at the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute.
CON’s McSweeney Looks for Indelible Impact with Cardiovascular Professorship
April 4, 2018 | There is a reason Jean C. McSweeney has become synonymous with women’s cardiovascular research. She is devoted to the work and its significance to women. She has forged memories and connections with many participants from her several studies. Their experiences stick with her and propel her to do more to address […]