Victoria Weser, a senior at the WVU School of Nursing, always knew she wanted to help people, but college wasn’t initially part of her plan. “The plan was to become an EMT or a 911 operator,” said Weser, of Wexford, Pennsylvania. “My godmother has been a nurse for 40-plus years, and she asked, ‘Why don’t you give it a shot?’”
On March 2, Scouts from across the region explored careers in health care during Merit Badge University at West Virginia University Health Sciences.
At the WVU School of Nursing, we define faculty practice as direct patient care and other professional nursing services provided by nursing faculty, through formal relationships with individuals, communities, and other entities, as part of the assigned workload duties.
Bella Haynes, a senior WVU School of Nursing student, recently presented her Honors EXCEL project at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. The project was titled "Associations Between Pet Ownership, Psychological Health, and Loneliness in Undergraduate College Students."
The WVU School of Nursing hosted two interactive booths March 5 at the West Virginia Capitol, inviting WVU Day at the Legislature attendees to learn how to locate a heartbeat on the Student Auscultation Manikin (SAM) and to get some puppy love from Molly, the Beckley Campus therapy dog.
The WVU School of Nursing formally welcomed the Classes of August 2026 and December 2027 into the study of nursing during the Spring 2025 Nursing Pledge Ceremony, held Feb. 21 in the Okey Patteson Auditorium.
The WVU School of Nursing is excited to announce the launch of its new Holistic Nursing Care Continuing Professional Development Course, a fully online, six-week program designed for nurses interested in expanding their knowledge of holistic nursing practices.
In the small town of Bradshaw, faith community nurse Melissa Coleman has been a steady presence at her nurse-led access to care point within the Bradshaw Church of God. For years, she has provided health screenings, education, and spiritual support to her neighbors. But when devastating floods recently swept through the community, leaving homes, businesses, and even her faith community under water, Coleman found herself not only displaced but also without the space that had become a vital resource for so many.
With a $2.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Nursing Research that is one of the largest ever for the WVU School of Nursing, the faculty researchers aim to support these families while increasing access to care in the rural reaches of the Mountain State by testing an integrated, nurse-led intervention for family home care management of end-stage heart failure and palliative care.
The WVU School of Nursing Bridgeport Campus hosted a pledge ceremony on Feb. 20, officially welcoming the third cohort of 22 students into the study of nursing.