Nursing, medical students participate in interdisciplinary learning experience
In a new partnership, WVU School of Nursing Charleston Campus and WVU Medical School are providing an educational opportunity for both nursing and medical students.
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COVID-19 guidance updated as omicron cases and hospitalizations climb in West Virginia
With the continued spread of the omicron variant and increased hospitalization rates in the state and region, West Virginia University is providing additional guidance on campus health and safety protocols including masking, testing, vaccines and isolation.
WVU Student Nurses Association (SNA) to host conversation about ethnic hair
The West Virginia University Student Nurses Association (SNA) will host a conversation about ethnic hair, including hair care and struggles in personal and professional life due to ethnic hair. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and share their experiences. Protective hairstyle demonstrations will also be offered at the event.
LGBTQ Health Week Lecture Series
The WVUSOM LGBTQ Health Week Lecture Series is coming next week (Feb 1-3) and is sponsored by SHAPE (Student Healthcare Alliance for Promoting Equality).
WVU in the News: WVU online course teaches nurses about supportive care for faith communities
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia University School of Nursing is offering a new online course that prepares nurses to be able to provide supportive care and advocacy for members of faith communities.
A Mask Q&A: Addressing common questions about the KN95, N95 masks and more
School of Public Health Public Health-General Preventive Medicine program residents – Vida Falahatian, MD, and Margaret Karcher, DO – and PH-GPM Program Director Jennifer Lultschik, MD, help answer some frequently asked questions about masks, including the KN95 mask, recommended by WVU, and N95 mask, used widely in patient-care settings.
Expression through Art: Through painting, WVU School of Nursing students, faculty and staff illustrate how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted them
The COVID-19 pandemic has been emotionally, physically and mentally challenging, especially for nurses. To help students, faculty and staff find a healthy way to express themselves, West Virginia University School of Nursing Clinical Education Assistant Professor Brad Phillips recently hosted an art project called, “What COVID-19 Means to Me.”
Online program can help nurses learn how to promote holistic health in faith-based communities
West Virginia University School of Nursing is offering “Foundations of Faith Community Nursing” — an online continuing professional development course for individuals interested in helping to address the unique health-related needs within faith community settings.
WVU resumes dashboard to track campus COVID-19 data during spring semester
West Virginia University will resume its public dashboard this week to track and compile COVID-19 information collected on the Morgantown, Beckley and Keyser campuses.
HSCommunity: Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Prior to a meeting of the Medical Committee for Human Rights on March 25, 1966, in Chicago, Martin Luther King Jr. is quoted as saying: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death.”