Sean M. Reed will serve as Associate Professor and Miriam Weyker Chair in Palliative and End-of-Life Care Strengthening the University of Rhode Island’s commitment to advancing nursing knowledge, preparing future nurse leaders, and expanding access to high-quality serious illness care, the URI College of Nursing welcomed Sean Reed as associate professor and Miriam Weyker Chair […]

Alum’s Career Journey Shows Diverse Opportunities Nursing Experience Offers In 2014, URI College of Nursing graduate Kerin Da Cruz was working as the Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Lawrence + Memorial Healthcare in New London, Conn., when she was presented with the biggest challenge—and biggest opportunity—of her nursing career: Fix an underperforming hospital. “We purchased […]

Class of 2029 urged to be patient advocates, educators as they begin professional phase of their education Dean Danny Willis and the faculty of the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing welcomed the Class of 2029 into the nursing profession during a split White Coat Ceremony on Sept. 8 in Edwards Hall. The ceremony […]

Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacy students care for campers, receive training in patient care at Camp Surefire

More than 80% of tenured faculty members in the URI College of Nursing have been inducted as fellows A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor has been selected to receive the highest recognition of accomplishment in the nursing profession, induction as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Clinical Professor Diane DiTomasso […]

Researchers aim to educate healthcare providers on conveying risk to patients While the relationship between alcohol use and cancer—specifically breast cancer—is well-established, evolving research and fluctuations in official recommendations can make it difficult to fully understand the level of risk alcohol poses, not just for patients but also for providers. That has prompted two University […]

Professor Patricia Cioe is the only nurse scientist among the authors

Partnership Expands Clinical Training and Career Opportunities in Hospice and Palliative Care HopeHealth and the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing have entered into a formal academic-practice partnership aimed at advancing clinical education, training, and professional opportunities in the field of hospice and palliative care. The collaboration brings together HopeHealth’s clinical expertise with URI’s […]

Dean Danny Willis to focus on ‘well-becoming,’ morality in health care Focusing on the practice of “well-becoming”—the process of flourishing and striving toward well-being—from a health care standpoint, University of Rhode Island College of Nursing Dean Danny Willis will deliver the keynote address at the Ethics of Caring national conference April 16-17 at the University of […]

Caring science, which emphasizes the importance of transpersonal caring in nursing practice, is about more than simply caring for patients. In fact, it’s about more than patients. Nurses must apply the same standards of caring to themselves, so they are able to create “a healing environment at all levels,” and sustain an “energetic, authentic caring […]