College of Nursing

UK Collaborates to Offer Disaster Preparedness Toolkit for Older Adults

Oct 28, 2021, 7:24 AM

The Kentucky River Area Development District and several centers at the University of Kentucky have collaborated on a natural disaster preparedness toolkit designed for older adults.

UK College of Nursing’s Zim Okoli Named President-Elect of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Sep 28, 2021, 7:03 AM

Zim Okoli, Ph.D., University of Kentucky College of Nursing professor, has been selected as president-elect for the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA).

UK College of Nursing’s Zim Okoli to be Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

Aug 10, 2021, 7:04 AM

The academy is an honorific society that recognizes nursing's most accomplished leaders in policy, research, practice, administration, and academia.

UK College of Nursing’s Evelyn Parrish Named the 2021 Psychiatric Nurse of the Year

Aug 9, 2021, 7:00 AM

UK College of Nursing faculty member Evelyn Parrish was recognized by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association for her standout clinical leadership and providing exceptional mental health patient service and care.

UK Nurse Researcher Named Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow

Jul 23, 2021, 6:57 AM

Kristin Ashford, Ph.D., is one of only six health professionals from across the country joining the prestigious, yearlong fellowship program.

HEAL, Voices of Hope to Host Transformational Housing Learning Collaborative

Jun 4, 2021, 7:06 AM

UK’s HEALing Communities Study and Voices of Hope are teaming up for the free virtual June Learning Collaborative, “Come as You Are: Transformational Housing.”

UK Agriculture, Nurse Researchers’ Farmers’ Dinner Theater Grows Safety, Mental Health Awareness in Rural Kentucky

Jun 1, 2021, 8:14 AM

The innovative theater model was created as a way to educate farmers about occupational health and safety risks.

UK College of Nursing Surveying Frontline Workers on Infection Control Knowledge

May 4, 2021, 7:47 AM

Researchers from UK College of Nursing are surveying frontline workers in order to improve infection control practices in health care settings as part of Project Firstline.

Nursing Students, Black Soil Partner to Address Food Insecurity, Maternal Health in Communities of Color

Apr 9, 2021, 11:28 AM

Through a collaboration with local agritourism company Black Soil, a group of students from the UK College of Nursing have taken up the mantle to deliver health education to Lexington’s communities of color.

National Cancer Prevention Workshop Featured UK Faculty and Students

Mar 22, 2021, 9:12 AM

Faculty and students from the UK College of Nursing and UK College of Education Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion were among key leaders in cancer prevention, journalism, education and government who contributed to an educational session during the 2021 National Cancer Prevention Workshop.

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