You are invited to attend Stephanie Kitch’s final dissertation defense. This event is scheduled for November 7, 2017 at 2:00 pm in RAHN #2280.
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CON Scholarships Provide More Than $300,000 to Students
Oct. 9, 2017 | Scholarships in the UAMS College of Nursing provided more than $300,000 to 92 students and their education needs this year. Seventy-eight scholarships across every program in the College of Nursing provided $309,654 for student education. Thanks to CON friends, alumni and donors, the amount of scholarship money has grown consistently since […]
PhD Meet & Greet
The College of Nursing PhD program will be hosting two Meet & Greet events. These events will be a time for potential PhD students come and visit with our professors and current PhD students to learn more about the PhD program. The first is on Oct. 11 and the second is on Oct. 19.
You’re Invited to Carol Compas McKeever’s Dissertation Defense
You are invited to attend Carol Compas McKeever’s final dissertation defense. Please mark your calendars for October 19, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in RAHN Auditorium 3240.
CON Eclipses 95 Percent NCLEX Pass Rate
Sept. 20, 2017 | The UAMS College of Nursing boasts a 95.63 percent pass rate for first-time takers of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) in 2017. The NCLEX is an adaptive, computerized test taken by BSN graduates required for licensure. The test length can range from 75 to 265 questions. UAMS’ 2017 pass rate […]
Two CON Seniors Learn Geriatric Nursing Possibilities Through Externship
Aug. 30, 2017 | Two UAMS College of Nursing seniors spent a eight weeks of their summer exploring career opportunities in gerontological nursing as part of the college’s Geriatric Nurse Externship program in the Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence. The BSN program students — Cande Perez and Caitlin Bowe — spent two months learning […]
CON Receives National Grant for White Coat Ceremony
Aug. 29, 2017 | The UAMS College of Nursing is one of 50 nursing schools and the only one in Arkansas to receive a $1,000 national grant for its white coat ceremony from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). This year’s ceremony, in which white coats are […]
Sorting Hat Ceremony Assigns Juniors, Seniors into Academic Houses
July 14, 2017 | About 200 BSN students learned on June 27 the groups they’ll be spending time with outside the classroom to complete community service projects and get to know fellow classmates and faculty members in the College of Nursing’s baccalaureate program. Called a Sorting Hat Ceremony, it derives its name from Harry Potter, […]
Registration Open for the 11th Annual APRN State Conference
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Claudia Barone Invested in Nicholas P. Lang, MD, and Helen F. Lang, RN, Endowed Chair
June 16, 2017 | Claudia Barone, DNP, EdD, a professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, was invested June 13 in the Nicholas P. Lang, MD, and Helen F. Lang, RN, Endowed Chair. Barone, a nationally known expert in tobacco cessation and a leader in academic nursing, was first invested in 2015 as the inaugural […]