News from the School of Nursing & Health Studies

Category: Nursing

Award Winning Artist/Activist: Vicente Rodriguez Fernandez

The School of Nursing & Health Studies, the Social Justice Organizers, and the Comparative History of Ideas Program (@ UW Seattle) are co-hosting guest speaker Vicente Rodriquez Fernandez on Tuesday, 11/8, 3:30 - 4:30 in Discovery 061. Join us in welcoming human rights activist, cartoonist, and screenwriter, Vicente Rodriguez Fernandez, Spanish Romani Activist.

November 3, 2016

Free Film Screening: The Invisible Patients

We are proud to present a free screening of The Invisible Patients: Life at the Edges of the Healthcare System. This will be the Seattle premier of this documentary which was an official selection at the 2016 Heartland Film Festival, Cucolorus Film Festival, and won the Audience Choice Award at the 2016 Indy Film Fest.

November 2, 2016

News Article Spotlights UWB Nursing Students and Faculty

Our Partners in Community Health students work with a variety of organizations in our community. The Herald, an Everett based newspaper, published an article exploring the impact our students have in the community and how that partnership benefits our students. The article, "UW Bothell Grows Partnerships Beyond Classroom," details how our connected learning opportunities

September 9, 2016

Alum, Faculty, and VA Collaborate on Article for the AJN

Alum Denise Eckerlin (BSN '14), faculty member Andrea Kovalesky, and community partner Matthew Jakupcak co-authored an article to be published in the September 2016 American Journal of Nursing. Kovalesky cited the "interdisciplinary nature of UWB" as contributing to the appearance of the article.

August 29, 2016

Inaugural Swedish MN Cohort Begins Autumn 2016

Our Masters of Nursing program will launch a new off-site cohort this autumn featuring hybrid course delivery. The Swedish cohort will focus on executive leadership for experienced nurse managers. The program coursework was created collaboratively and includes elements from the School of Business and Computing & Software.

August 3, 2016

Justin Gill, RN to BSN, Pursues DNP at Yale

Justin Gill, who earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2013 at University of Washington Bothell, is now a student in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at the Yale School of Nursing.

August 3, 2016

Community Partnerships: LETI Expo, 8/13

This summer our BNURS 409: Partnerships in Community Health students collaborated with community partner Latino Education and Training Institute to plan and promote the LETI Expo. The Expo is a free event taking place on 8/13 on the Edmonds Community College campus.

August 2, 2016

Over 250 Degrees Awarded in 2016

The School of Nursing & Health Studies is proud to announce that we conferred over 250 degrees in 2016. In addition to the accomplishment of successfully completing degree requirements, many of our Nursing students, in both the Bachelor and Master programs, earned a place in the Nursing Honor Society. Several Health Studies students are on their way to Masters in Public Health Programs both here and abroad.

July 18, 2016

June Altaras, MN Alum, Receives Seattle Business Magazine Award

Seattle Business magazine has named June Altaras, Masters of Nursing alum, Outstanding Health Care Executive for the Puget Sound Region. Altaras is the Swedish Seattle Chief Executive and System Chief Executive for Acute Care. She also leads a newly formed system acute care operations council, serves on the boards of several Seattle-based organizations, the Northwest Healthcare Response Network, and the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

May 11, 2016