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Gilbert simulation center gets student nurses ready for real world

Using simulation, augmented and extended reality, the center designed strictly for nursing students builds confidence as graduates enter the workforce.

By Kathy Kudravi, UArizona Health Sciences Office of Communications

Wildcat Nurses - Join us for the UArizona College of Nursing Homecoming Breakfast 2024

Join us for our annual Homecoming Breakfast, Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 9:00 MST.

Taylor-Piliae and Godfrey inducted into nursing academy

Ruth Taylor-Piliae, PhD, RN, a professor and interim PhD program director for the University of Arizona College of Nursing, and Timian Godfrey, DNP, an associate clinical professor with the college, were inducted into the Western Academy of Nurses.

Army graduate program names award after Nursing's Jim Reed

The U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing at Baylor University has named an award in honor of James “Jim” R. Reed, DNP, CRNA, an associate clinical professor in the University of Arizona College of Nursing’s DNP-Nurse Anesthesia Program.

Farland and Rainbow named Udall Center Fellows

Leslie Farland, ScD, a University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Jessica Rainbow, PhD, RN, a UArizona College of Nursing assistant professor, have been named 2024-25 Udall Center Fellows.

3 College of Nursing nurse-midwives named Fellows

Three University of Arizona College of Nursing faculty members were elected as Fellows to the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Aleeca Bell, PhD, CNM, an associate professor, Shelley McGrew, DNP, CNM, an assistant clinical professor, and Marianna Holland, DNP, CNM, an assistant clinical professor, received the honors May 6.

Nursing’s Rina Fox receives early-stage investigator award

Rina Fox, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, has been awarded an Early-Stage Investigator Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Prevention and Control by the Cancer Special Interest Group of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

3 UArizona Nursing faculty honored by Tucson Nurses Week

Three University of Arizona College of Nursing faculty will be honored by their peers during the 2024 Nurses Week gala hosted by the Tucson Nurses Week Foundation.

Sarah J. Locke named to AANP Executive Leadership Program

Sarah J. Locke, DNP, an assistant clinical professor with the University of Arizona College of Nursing, was accepted to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Executive Leadership Program’s 2024 cohort.

Wildcat Nurse Spotlight: Brayton Amidon, PhD candidate