URI nursing student McKaylee Swatt finds calling caring for ‘resilient’ kids McKaylee Swatt was a young student growing up in Mechanicsburg, Penn., when a close friend was diagnosed with leukemia and Wilms tumor, a type of kidney cancer. Swatt traveled with her friend to Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to help her through her treatments. Already […]

Latest Susan D. Flynn Palliative Care Undergraduate Fellow completed the eight-week internship program at HopeHealth Hospice Cenmter in Providence University of Rhode Island College of Nursing student Alexis Melanson is the latest participant in the Susan D. Flynn Palliative Care Undergraduate Fellowship. Melanson, a senior from Leominster, Mass., received a certificate of completion during a […]

Longest continuously running study on preterm birth that has followed research participants for more than 35 years published in JAMA The stress preterm infants experience at birth can carry on throughout a lifetime and cause negative health impacts later in life, necessitating the routine inclusion of birth history in medical records and the development of […]

Nearly 90 percent of tenured faculty members have been inducted as Fellows Two University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professors have been selected to receive the highest recognition of accomplishment in the nursing profession, induction as Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing. Associate Professor Amy D’Agata and Assistant Professor Erica Liebermann are just […]

Assistant Professor David Geyer’s paper on parents of children with complex medical conditions named ‘President’s Choice’ by Journal of Pediatric Health Care A URI College of Nursing professor’s study exploring the challenges of caring for children with complex medical conditions at home was recently published in the national Journal of Pediatric Health Care, and named […]

Health practitioners and educators from around the world travel to URI The University of Rhode Island College of Nursing welcomed nurses and other health care professionals from around the world to the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center in Providence last week, hosting the International Association for Human Caring 46th Annual Conference June 26-28. Dean Danny […]

The college now boasts two certified instructors and an internationally accredited simulation program The URI College of Nursing’s simulation education program offers students hands-on experience in a safe environment, enhancing critical thinking, teamwork, and communication skills. It is a critical educational tool, and the college now has two professors internationally certified to provide that critical […]

Betty Rambur was originally appointed in 2020 to the commission that advises Congress on Medicare policy

Dean Danny Willis, joined by URI President Marc Parlange, Provost Barbara Wolfe, and the faculty and staff of the College of Nursing, conferred degrees upon the graduating class of 2025 on May 16. Dean Willis and the entire College of Nursing extend their heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2025. Check out a gallery of […]

Helene Tjoumakaris’s journey into nursing began during a life-changing experience in high school. When her best friend was diagnosed with kidney failure, Helene witnessed firsthand the profound role nurses played—not just in medical care, but in offering emotional support and strength. That experience ignited a passion to become the kind of nurse who not only […]