Nearly 200 students crossed the Edwards Auditorium stage Sunday morning as the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing conferred degrees during the annual winter commencement ceremony Dec. 16. Among the graduates are 70 full-time students earning their bachelor’s degrees, along with 84 practicing nurses who returned to URI to earn their degrees in the […]

Lauren Kristol arrived at URI hyper focused on getting a nursing degree, inspired by a volunteer experience at a local hospital. Her first visit to the Kingston campus confirmed where she would get that degree. “I liked how URI felt more like a neighborhood than a city or any other type of campus,” said sophomore […]

With the average age in the United States increasing, understanding how aging affects health continues to increase in importance. Among its several graduate degree courses, the URI College of Nursing offers an Adult-Gerontological Nurse Practitioner program to help prepare practicing nurses and nursing students to care for an aging population. The program offers students the […]

Students enrolled in the URI Pathways to Nursing program shared their challenges and achievements over the past semester, and looked forward to continuing their journey toward a nursing degree during the annual Pathways Living Leadership reception in the Alumni Center Dec. 11. College of Nursing Dean Barbara Wolfe and program administrator Professor Mary Cloud welcomed […]

University of Rhode Island alumna and former nursing professor Deborah Godfrey-Brown M.S. ’79 has pledged $1 million for scholarships in the College of Nursing.

Dean Barbara Wolfe and members of the College of Nursing faculty welcomed 110 students into the nursing profession during the semiannual White Coat Ceremony in Edwards Auditorium Tuersday, Sept. 4. The students walked across the stage to receive their white lab coats before reciting a pledge to uphold the ethics and principles of the nursing […]

Associate Professor Deb Erickson-Owens was inducted during the academy’s annual meeting Nov. 1 Associate Professor Deb Erickson-Owens, Ph.D., C.N.M., R.N., was selected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, an honor bestowed upon only about 2,400 nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research. She was inducted on Nov. 1 Invitation to fellowship […]

Simulations with live actors prepare students for ‘uncomfortable conversations’ Dealing with the approaching end of a patient’s life can be among the most difficult tasks nurse practitioners and other health workers face. An end-of-life conversation can be devastating for the patient and uncomfortable for the care provider, but it is an opportunity to prepare a […]