Circus-themed pretend hospital helps ease youngsters’ anxiety about medical treatment Mar 15, 2019 This week, the College of Nursing at UAH welcomed more than 2,000 area first-grade students to its annual Let’s Pretend Hospital. The popular multiday event comprises hands-on activities, skits, and presentations to help reduce the fear and anxie... Environmental justice begins with awareness, advocacy Mar 01, 2019 Uniontown, Ala., a low-income, predominantly black community located in the state’s Black Belt, made the national news back in 2010, when 4 million tons of coal ash were shipped to its Arrowhead Landfill in the wake of a dike rupture at the Tenne... Mock hospital allows nursing students to practice rescuing “patients” under pressure Feb 21, 2019 The College of Nursing at UAH takes the old adage that practice makes perfect to heart – or rather, to the hospital! Each semester, before nursing students are matched to an acute-care or in-patient facility in Northern Alabama or Southern Tennes... "Shadowing" mom prepares UAH alumna Lindsey Westenhofer for job as USSRC nursing director Jan 08, 2019 Instead of playing with dolls and toys, five year-old Lindsey Moore Westenhofer (NUR, BSN, ‘03) entertained herself by shadowing her mother, a nursing student at UAH. ... Global Health & Medical Missions Program cultivates cultural competence among students Nov 16, 2018 Cultural competence is rapidly becoming an essential skill for health-care providers in this increasingly globalized world. Not only do they need to communicate with and treat patients whose backgrounds and life experiences might be wildly divergen... New elective gives nursing students hands-on experience in the perioperative environment Nov 08, 2018 Though it is the surgeon who actually operates during surgery, it is the perioperative nurses who provide the care before, during, and after. Their many responsibilities include everything from assisting patients with their admission to the surgica... UAH Nursing Faculty Recognized at ASNA Annual Convention Oct 19, 2018 Congratulations to Dr. Marsha Howell Adams, dean of UAH’s College of Nursing, and Dr. Azita Amiri, assistant professor of nursing, who were both honored at this year’s Alabama State Nurses Association’s Annual Convention. ... Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH Oct 03, 2018 The nation’s bioscience industry is rapidly becoming an economic driver according to a recent report from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, generating $2 trillion in annual economic impact and employing more than 1.74 million people. ... UAH alum recalls fateful night of Las Vegas strip shooting Oct 01, 2018 Dorothy "Dotti" Grillo (UAH DNP) will never forget Oct. 1, 2017. It was the night all hell broke loose in Las Vegas, NV. ... UAH and UA introduce state’s first joint Nursing Science Ph.D. program Aug 27, 2018 The College of Nursing at UAH and the Capstone College of Nursing at the University of Alabama (UA) are pleased to announce a brand-new joint Nursing Science Ph.D. program. Once it is implemented in the summer of 2019, it will be the first online N... 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18