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).
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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.”
WVU provides additional details on verifying vaccination status, quarantine and isolation guidelines
West Virginia University reminds students, faculty and staff that it is extremely important to follow current public health guidance for individual, as well as campus community safety, in light of the continued rise in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant. Health experts predict the surge in positive cases may peak in West Virginia over the next two weeks.
Birthday gift expands scholarship opportunities for WVU School of Nursing students
West Virginia University School of Nursing students will benefit from a scholarship established in honor of a dedicated alumna’s 75th birthday. Michael Gandy contributed $52,000 to establish an endowed scholarship named for his wife of 40 years, Jane, who always dreamed of giving back to her alma mater. The Jane Fitzwater Gandy School of Nursing Scholarship will go to undergraduate nursing students, with first preference to those from West Virginia.
WVU provides updated COVID-19 guidance for spring 2022 semester opening
West Virginia University is committed to providing an on-campus learning experience as the spring 2022 semester approaches; however, with the rise in COVID-19 cases across the country and throughout the state because of the omicron variant, the University is implementing several updated campus health and safety protocols ahead of the start of classes that begin on Monday, Jan. 10.