Congratulations to Teaching Assistant Professor Kay Olson, who received the WSU President’s Award for Health for her work organizing COVID-19 vaccination clinics throughout the region. Through her efforts, she “advanced […]
An undergraduate thesis by a Bachelor of Science in Nursing student at WSU was one of the top 10 most-downloaded papers in 2020 from the journal Pain Management Nursing. Selena […]
Graduates of the Washington State University College of Nursing are working with COVID patients throughout the state and around the country. They recently shared their thoughts with the WSU College […]
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the Washington State University College of Nursing ranks No. 58 out of nearly 700 BSN programs nationwide, according to US News & […]
Decades before there was healthcare simulation using high-tech mannequins, there was Charlene Clark.
Simulation has been a cornerstone of nursing education at Washington State University for nearly a decade.
The Rayce Rudeen Foundation is giving its largest-ever gift to the Washington State University College of Nursing to support student research. The foundation donated $100,000 to the college for the […]
Associate Professor Connie Nguyen-Truong has been named an Academy of Nursing Education Fellow (ANEF) by the National League for Nursing.
Professor Catherine Van Son has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).
Dr. Shelly Fritz, associate professor of nursing at WSU Vancouver, is the first WSU faculty member to be officially appointed to the Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living as an affiliate faculty […]
Haleigh and Lindsey Gibson are twin sisters from Curlew, Washington. They both graduated from the Washington State University College of Nursing and both work in labor and delivery at Spokane […]
Professor Catherine Van Son of the Washington State University College of Nursing has been selected for the college’s Waldron O. and Janet S. Lindblad Endowed Professorship in Geriatrics.
Health equity means something different to Spanish-speaking agricultural workers, suburban children of color, and Asian families and Pacific Islander families. Yet all these groups face challenges of health equity – […]
Older adults are using kratom, often as an alternative to opioids for pain relief. As the plant-based substance’s popularity has grown, however, so have calls to poison centers, often with […]
Nurses worldwide should become more involved in actions aimed at reducing the health effects of climate change, according to an analysis published recently in The BMJ, a prestigious medical publication […]
Meghan Fitzpatrick, a Doctor of Nursing Practice student at the WSU College of Nursing, has been a nurse long enough to know the importance of gathering complete information from patients. […]
Abel Saba’s favorite thing at WSU Health Sciences Spokane is a painting of the campus titled “A Transforming Place.” “I have been transformed,” he notes. “I came to WSU in […]
Assistant Professor Claire Richards of the Washington State University College of Nursing will study the public health threat posed by the combination of wildfire smoke, extreme heat, and power outages. […]
Roschelle (Shelly) Fritz, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Washington State University College of Nursing, is one of 10 nurse scientists accepted to the second cohort of the Betty Irene Moore […]
When you travel by plane with children, you’re instructed to put on your oxygen before assisting a child, if that need arises. What’s the reason for this? Simple: If you don’t take care of yourself before the child, you may be less able or unable to help the child.
Having the authority to prescribe medications as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse includes a host of regulatory, legal, ethical and socioeconomic considerations that may not be emphasized in nursing programs.
