January 15, 2020
DNP student wins grad school competition
Nursing student recognized in graduate-level Three Minute Thesis competition, will continue to next level.
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Sustainable Scholarship
December 09, 2019
Celebrating innovative ideas
First Innovation Challenge sees high participation, innovative teaching practices
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Innovative Programs
December 02, 2019
Holland recognized for innovation
Honored by Vanderbilt SON for increasing access to specialty care for women
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Global Leadership
November 22, 2019
School hosts Alumni Night 2019
Annual celebratory event honors outstanding work of graduates
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Valuable Resources
October 23, 2019
NPAA recognizes Buys for excellence
Alumni, student also recognized as Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Faculty
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Innovative Programs
October 07, 2019
Alumni recognized for excellence
UAB Medicine, Children’s of Alabama include 20 UABSON graduates in annual nursing excellence awards
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Valuable Resources
September 24, 2019
Preparing for Nursing in Real Life
Local American Association for Men in Nursing chapter establishes new mentorship program.
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Innovative Programs
September 12, 2019
$1.13M HRSA grant combats opioid crisis
Partners nursing, social work to create interprofessional care providers for opioid use disorder
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Sustainable Scholarship
September 06, 2019
Alumnus Owens honored by UW
Receives University of Washington Distinguished Staff Award for extraordinary service and significant contributions to the university’s mission
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Valuable Resources
July 31, 2019
Academic programs ranked by U.S. News
UAB School of Nursing graduate programs, specialties nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report
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Innovative Programs
July 09, 2019
Meet Our Newest Associate Deans
Get to know the newest leaders behind the School’s top-ranked programs and missions
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Innovative Programs
June 06, 2019
Alumna elected president of informatics association
Harmon leading American Nursing Informatics Association
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Valuable Resources
June 06, 2019
Alumna earns nurse executive certification
Carter passes Nurse Executive Board Certification Exam
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Valuable Resources
June 05, 2019
Doctoral student earns executive credential
Second-year DNP student named fellow of national organization
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Global Leadership
September 26, 2018
Graduate student support reaches $4.6 million
School of Nursing once again sees increase in funding to support graduate students, reaching $4.6 million.
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Sustainable Scholarship
August 16, 2018
Argade, Polson named Alabama Schweitzer Fellows
Students selected for prestigious fellowship focused on impacting health disparities
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Sustainable Scholarship
July 24, 2018
Three DNP students earn scholarships
Speeg and Walker honored by state nurse anesthesia association
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Global Leadership
June 07, 2018
Alumna leading care delivery transformation
Kristi Henderson becomes VP, Ascension Healthcare
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Valuable Resources
June 06, 2018
Noles Named Outstanding Woman
Noles selected from among UAB staff
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Valuable Resources
May 16, 2018
Patrician Recognized for Mentorship Excellence
Honored with 2018 Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Mentorship Award, she is known for exemplary intellectual leadership, and actively guiding her mentees research and training
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Innovative Programs
April 19, 2018
22 recognized at UAB honors convocation
Celebrating prestigious awards, honors and scholarships
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Innovative Programs
February 05, 2018
Enhancing quality, safety nationally
Patrician, Miltner head new QSEN initiative based at School
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Global Leadership
January 22, 2018
National voice for women's health
Holland chairing National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health Board of Directors
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Global Leadership
January 22, 2018
Male faculty, students choosing UAB
Percentage of male faculty, students continues to rise
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Global Leadership
November 29, 2017
Improving health with data
Raju wins alumni award recognizing excellence in education; uses data mining techniques to improve health
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Innovative Programs
October 19, 2017
McGuinness honored by alma mater
Department chair, professor recognized as "a master teacher of nurses"
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Global Leadership
September 22, 2017
Wilbanks honored by AANA Foundation
Work with Closed Claims Research Team earns him Researcher of the Year Award
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Sustainable Scholarship
September 12, 2017
Excellence in oncology nursing
Three students receive ONS Foundation scholarships to transform cancer care
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Sustainable Scholarship
August 29, 2017
Hallman named AEN Fellow
As one of 163 worldwide, Hallman recognized for substantial contributions to emergency nursing
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Global Leadership
August 09, 2017
Scott, Sabrina Kopf bonded by marriage, nursing
Couple is first husband-wife team to graduate together from School's DNP Program
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Innovative Programs
July 26, 2017
New leaders for FNP Specialty Track
Buys, Combs succeeding retiring Somerall as Co-Coordinators of School's Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty Track
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Innovative Programs
July 26, 2017
Alumna recognized for leadership
American Association of Nurse Practitioners names Turnham state award winner
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Global Leadership
July 26, 2017
Pioneering Palliative Care
Alumnus Owens promotes patient advocacy through leadership
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Valuable Resources
July 24, 2017
School named NLN Center of Excellence
Cited for innovative and flexible academic programs, student engagement and community involvement
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Innovative Programs
July 18, 2017
Five recognized by AAOHN, Foundation
Heaton named Fellow, student, alumnae win awards, another student awarded scholarship at conference
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Innovative Programs
June 28, 2017
Touching lives through telehealth
White impacting outcomes for ostomy patients with online post-operative visits
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Sustainable Scholarship
June 28, 2017
Shining example of oncology nursing
Edwards named Nurse Practitioner of the Year by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation
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Global Leadership
June 01, 2017
Graduate faculty mentors honored
Bakitas, Heaton, Rice, Roussel receive UAB Excellence in Mentorship awards
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Innovative Programs
May 30, 2017
Groundbreaking nursing leadership
DNP alumna Velinda Block named first chief nursing executive of HCA Tristar Division
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Valuable Resources
April 24, 2017
Bail, 20 others recognized at 2017 Honors Convocation
PhD student is School's first to receive Barker Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies
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Valuable Resources
March 23, 2017
School rises again in U.S. News & World Report rankings
13th overall puts School among top five public Schools of Nursing in nation
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Global Leadership
February 20, 2017
School ranks 23rd nationally in NIH research funding
Jumped 11 spots from 2015 ranking, boasting nearly $2.2 million from NIH in 2016
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Sustainable Scholarship
September 22, 2016
Recent graduates honored by Nursing Chapter of UAB National Alumni Society
Brasher, Argade named recipients of the Summer 2016 DNP, BSN awards for student excellence
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Valuable Resources
September 08, 2016
UAB School of Nursing secures more than $5.15 million for student support and innovative clinical training programs
Crucial funding ensures the best and brightest nurses continue advanced nursing studies
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Sustainable Scholarship
Funding from AACN, CDC will support efforts of McAlister, Wurttemberg to safeguard babies against whooping cough
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Sustainable Scholarship
June 17, 2016
School establishing independent DNP fall 2016
Changes in profession mean three UA System schools must move to separate programs from successful eight-year Joint DNP partnership
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Innovative Programs
UAB School of Nursing colleagues mark special day with ceremony, reception
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Collaborative Partnerships
Professor applauded for level of commitment to students, 'serves as a role model for others'
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Valuable Resources
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student will lead project to establish urgent care clinic in East Lake
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Global Leadership
First-time ever U.S. News has ranked DNP Programs; Two master's specialties also ranked
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Innovative Programs
January 05, 2016
Successfully leading transitional care innovations
Three nurse-managed clinics provide care for those with diabetes and heart failure, and Veterans with mental health needs
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Collaborative Partnerships
December 18, 2015
Gebhart experiences early success
Spring 2015 DNP graduate is published, makes first podium presentation
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Valuable Resources
November 19, 2015
Alumna Katherine Pearson receives SINI Sharon Coleman Memorial Award
Alumna attributes her success to mentor Dr. Jacqueline Moss, who played a tremendous role in helping her find this path
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Sustainable Scholarship
November 19, 2015
Wilbanks receives two AANA fellowship awards
Palmer Carrier, CNA Insurance doctoral fellowships provide $10,000 in education support
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November 10, 2015
Informatics specialty draws PhD student to UAB
Cites unique specialty, affordability, outstanding faculty as reasons for pursuing two doctoral degrees
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Innovative Programs
November 06, 2015
Successfully leading transitional care innovations
Three nurse-managed clinics provide care for those with diabetes and heart failure, and Veterans with mental health needs
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Collaborative Partnerships
November 05, 2015
VA Nursing Academic Partnership earns 2015 AACN Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award
Recognized for demonstrating innovative, sustained relationship and for demonstrating positive, measurable outcomes
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Collaborative Partnerships
Both professors were selected for influencing the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner specialization for the better
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Global Leadership
June 19, 2015
Patrician receives 2015 AcademyHealth Mentorship Award
Nomination letter cited Patrician for conveying the discipline, zeal and excitement of scientific inquiry to her DNP and PhD students
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Global Leadership
June 05, 2015
DNP, PhD graduates lead national organizations
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), which holds it annual meeting this week - June 9 through 14 - and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) both count UAB School of Nursing alumni among its presidential ranks.
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Global Leadership
May 05, 2015
School launches new application portal for MSN, DNP
On May 11 the School is moving to AACN's NursingCAS centralized application service for its MSN and DNP Programs
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Innovative Programs
April 29, 2015
Alumna Neimkin receives AANA recognition
Alumna Amy Neimkin receives 2015 Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director of the Year Award presented by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
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Global Leadership
March 27, 2015
School adds faculty, graduate program leaders
Growth in students and research brings new senior faculty and new graduate program leaders, keys in fulfilling strategic priorities
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Global Leadership
March 10, 2015
PhD student impacting nursing informatics
Bryan Wilbanks' research, part of his dissertation work, is changing the course of perioperative informatics, published in peer-reviewed journal
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Sustainable Scholarship
February 27, 2015
Roussel receives inaugural CNL Educator Vanguard award
Honored for bridging CNL education, practice; leadership through innovative collaboration with education, practice to improve patient care quality
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Global Leadership
February 13, 2015
Roussel and Polancich present at the AACN Doctoral Education Conference
Roussel and Polancich present revised DNP curriculum at the AACN Doctoral Education Conference
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Innovative Programs
January 30, 2015
School helps The Foundry win grant for Food Truck
Grant helps The Foundry support Oasis Produce Pantry Food Truck, bring nursing students to teach nutrition in low-income Birmingham suburb
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Collaborative Partnerships
January 30, 2015
Somerall receives AANP State Award
Somerall honored for advocacy of nurse practitioner prescriptive authority for scheduled medications, service to NPAA and state medical board
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Global Leadership
January 30, 2015
Baker appointed to ABN for four-year term
Natalie Baker appointed to Alabama Board of Nursing to represent advanced practice nursing, joins UABSON colleague Laura Wright
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Global Leadership
December 10, 2014
UAB SON DNP student named AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar
DNP student Marie McBee one of five new Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars selected through AACN Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future.
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Global Leadership
December 05, 2014
DNP Alumna named NLN Academy of Nursing Education Fellow
DNP Alumna inducted into the National League for Nursing's Academy of Nursing Education
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Global Leadership
November 05, 2014
Three UAB School of Nursing faculty members, alumna honored by NPAA
Brenda Iddins, Aimee Holland, Nancy Turnham and Joy Deupree receive NPAA awards
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Global Leadership
October 23, 2014
Theresa Rodgers named the 2014 Advanced Nurse of the Year by NBNA
UAB School of Nursing DNP alumna recognized as NBNA Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year
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Global Leadership
October 03, 2014
Advanced practice nursing at the 1917 Clinic
Jim Raper is proud to be a nurse practitioner and to have been the first nurse to direct a medical clinic at UAB. This, he said, has afforded him the opportunity to incorporate advanced practice nursing into every aspect of the 1917 Clinic.
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Collaborative Partnerships
October 03, 2014
Five questions with Jim Raper
Get to know Jim Raper a tenured Professor in the UAB School of Medicine, the only nurse with a primary appointment, and holds a secondary appointment in the School of Nursing.
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Collaborative Partnerships
October 01, 2014
School of Nursing leading campus-wide transition to Canvas
The UAB School of Nursing is leading the way in the campus-wide transition to a new learning management system for distance-accessible courses. The University made the switch to Canvas based on the School's successful pilot run in fall 2013.
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Innovative Programs
October 01, 2014
Enhancing the DNP program
Doctor of Nursing Practice students in the UAB School of Nursing are encouraged to think outside the box and set a course to become nursing and health care leaders.
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Innovative Programs
October 01, 2014
Alumna named CNO of UAB Hospital
UAB Hospital Interim Chief Nursing Officer Terri Poe, who earned her BSN from the UAB School of Nursing in 1986 and her DNP from the School in 2013, has been named the hospital’s Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Associate Vice President.
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Global Leadership
October 01, 2014
Real-world preparation
To strengthen teamwork and communication among disciplines, the UAB Schools of Nursing, Medicine and Health Professions are collaborating to offer immersive interprofessional simulation training, allowing students from different disciplines to work together in high-stress medical simulations before they enter the workforce.
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Innovative Programs
September 30, 2014
Improving health, removing barriers
Two UAB School of Nursing faculty members have been selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as 2014 Scholars and Fellows. C. Ann Gakumo, PhD, RN, has been named an RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar and Joy P. Deupree, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC, has been named an RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow.
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Sustainable Scholarship
September 30, 2014
New wounds, new approach
The UAB School of Nursing and Birmingham VA Medical Center are again expanding their 43-year-old partnership and the focus on Veterans' mental health needs.
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Collaborative Partnerships
September 30, 2014
Nursing without walls
Nursing without walls—delivering quality care to populations how, when and where they need, and caring for their unique needs without traditional encumbrances—has become the essence of nursing that is practiced, taught and studied at the UAB School of Nursing.
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Collaborative Partnerships
September 26, 2014
Holland receives AWHONN Award of Excellence
Honored for her dedication to improving the lives of women and newborns through community service
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Global Leadership
September 26, 2014
Somerall named top professor by professional site
Somerall is track coordinator for the Family Nurse Practitioner Program
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Innovative Programs
October 03, 2013
UAB School of Nursing reopens health clinic at The Foundry
The UAB School of Nursing has acquired the health clinic at The Foundry Rescue Mission and Recovery Center in Bessemer and began seeing patients – both residents of The Foundry and members of the community in need of health care – July 1, 2013.
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Collaborative Partnerships
October 09, 2012
Swan, Coleman named Jonas Scholars
Swan, Coleman pursuing doctoral education
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Innovative Programs
November 29, 2001
Three receive ONS scholarships
Foundation support will help PhD, DNP and MSN students transform cancer care
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Sustainable Scholarship
