WVU Healthcare celebrates Nurses Week with carnival
WVU Healthcare will celebrate its 3,200 nurses and nursing staff during National Nurses Week beginning May 6 and ending May 12, on Florence Nightingale’s birthday.
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Highland CEO returns to roots to help recognize outstanding students
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Highland Hospital Association will join West Virginia University School of Nursing faculty and staff as they celebrate the achievements of outstanding nursing students at this year’s Lorita D. Jenab Lectureship. The lecture is a highlight of the School’s annual night of recognition, starting at 7 p.m. Friday, April 17 at the WVU Health Sciences Center’s Fukushima Auditorium.
School of Nursing to host Jenab Lectureship April 17
The WVU School of Nursing will host its annual spring event, the Lorita D. Jenab Lectureship: A Celebration of Scholarship, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 17, in Fukushima Auditorium.
WVU School of Nursing achieves 100 percent NCLEX pass rate
The West Virginia University School of Nursing Class of 2014 achieved a perfect 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination – Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN) this year.
WVU lands several programs among US News’ top 100 grad rankings
Led by a first-time published ranking for chemical engineering, 13 West Virginia University programs are among the top 100 in U.S. News and World Report’s rankings of graduate programs released today. Rural medicine continued to be the top WVU program at 13.
Missionary in Madagascar completes WVU nursing degree from afar
Aaron Santmyire, of Wiley Ford, W.Va., was traveling down the Manabolo River in southwest Madagascar when he decided to join the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program at the West Virginia University School of Nursing.
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Missionary in Madagascar completes WVU Nursing Degree from afar
Aaron Santmyire, of Wiley Ford, West Virginia, earned is Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree in 2013 from the WVU School of Nursing while working as a missionary in Madagascar.
Healthy and Self-Sufficient
Twice a month, visitors known as the MUSHROOM Team roam the halls of the Bartlett House Transitional Facility on West Run Road in Morgantown. The team of WVU health sciences students and professors offers preventive healthcare to residents who were once homeless. Knocking on doors, the team discovers a new story and a bonding experience in each apartment.
WVU SON Graduate Programs Ranked 10th in Nation
WVU School of Nursing online graduate programs rank 10th in the Nation, according to Graduate Programs Foundation. A non-profit organization, the Foundation has released its Fall 2014 Online Nursing Grad Rankings according to students, enumerating the best graduate programs in the country based on ratings and reviews from current or recent graduates.