Dec. 29, 2016 | Christina Pettey, PhD, APRN, assistant professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, hopes the ideas and tips gleaned by young nursing researchers from presentations and lectures at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting will help make an immediate impact. As chair of the AHA’s early career committee, a part of the […]
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Claudia Beverly Recognized for Geriatric Work Across Arkansas
Claudia Beverly, PhD, RN, director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at UAMS and professor in the College of Nursing, was recently recognized by the American Academy of Nursing for her work in geriatric care. Beverly was named an Edge Runner, part of Academy’s Raise the Voice website campaign that aims to celebrate […]
College of Nursing Dean Patricia Cowan, PhD, RN, Debra Jeffs, PhD, RN Inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellows
Patricia A. Cowan, PhD, RN, dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and faculty member Debra Jeffs, PhD, RN were inducted Oct. 22 as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. The American Academy of Nursing has more than 2,300 Fellows, including nursing leaders in policy, practice, […]
CON Grant to Study Benefits of Mobile Health Equipment
Two faculty in the College of Nursing — Leanne Lefler, PhD, APRN, and Bill Buron, PhD, APRN — are serving as principal investigators on a pilot program to study the impact of home-based, mobile health equipment on older adults with chronic heart failure. The research team received $5,000 in funding from the American Association of Colleges […]
Claudia Beverly Takes Part in Global Advisory Panel in Africa
Claudia Beverly, PhD, RN, professor in the College of Nursing and director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, recently took part in an advisory panel in Africa, convened by Sigma Theta Tau International. The Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing & Midwifery brought leaders from Africa in nursing and midwifery together […]
Fermin Renteria, CNE !
Fermin Renteria, Assistant Professor at the UAMS College of Nursing, recently became a Certified Nurse Educator, a prestigious designation granted by the National League for Nursing. This certification is held by the top nursing educators in the nation. It is a mark of professionalism for academic nurse educators, establishing nursing education as a specialty area […]
Special Friends Visit College
Dr. Nicholas P. Lang (right) and his wife Helen (left) visited the College of Nursing recently. They received an update on the Nicholas P. Lang, MD, and Helen F. Lang, RN, Professorship that they established earlier this year. The inaugural holder of the Professorship, Dr. Claudia Barone, expressed appreciation to the Langs. Their Professorship is […]
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Hester for successfully defending her dissertation
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Amy Hester for successfully defending her dissertation this week: “Development of a Fall Injury Prediction Model.” The UAMS College of Nursing is proud to have great representation from all its students.
Two From College “Women to Watch”
National Women’s History Month, celebrated during the month of March in the United States, highlights the contribution of women to history and society. This year, UAMS joins our country in recognizing and celebrating the many ways that women’s history has become woven into the fabric of our national story. We honor the lives of individual […]
College of Nursing’s Schmidt Honored by Red Cross
Responding to fires, tornadoes, ice storms and hurricanes, Cheryl Schmidt, Ph.D., R.N., is going to leave quite a legacy behind. Schmidt, associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, who will retire in May after 21 years of teaching at UAMS, was honored March 17 by the American Red Cross in Arkansas for her dedicated […]