URI Nursing Professor Betty Rambur focuses on need to innovate in health care management in her latest book By Ross Balding There are many areas in which the United States Healthcare system could improve, but URI College of Nursing Professor Betty Rambur believes the biggest issues are in finance and policy. Her book titled Health […]
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Students from all three colleges in the Academic Health Collaborative got some hands-on training while senior citizens from the community gained some valuable health information during the Senior Health and Wellness Program at Independence Square Tuesday.
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Two faculty members at the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing are being recognized with Excellence in Nursing awards for their leadership in patient care and scientific research. Rhode Island Monthly magazine presents the awards annually in collaboration with the Rhode Island State Nurses Association.
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College of Nursing Dean Barbara Wolfe welcomed the 2018-2019 Undergraduate Research Fellows to campus during an orientation in White Hall last week. Seventeen nursing students will work with their faculty research mentors throughout the school year, assisting on various research projects in such topics as neonatal care, asthma management, environmental health and behavioral research, among […]
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A mental health, substance abuse and addiction crisis has been sweeping the nation in recent years, requiring an influx of clinicians educated to treat mental illness. To that end, the URI College of Nursing has introduced a new Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner master’s program beginning in Fall 2018.
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As the costs associated with health care continue to soar, there is a greater emphasis in the industry on keeping people out of hospitals and receiving more care in the home, opening new opportunities and new responsibilities for health care workers.
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State officials get firsthand look at respite care program at RI Nursing Education Center Caring for a child with special needs or an elderly parent with dementia can at times be stressful and overwhelming. The devotion and commitment to a loved one drives the caregiver to provide often constant attention, leaving them no time to […]
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Caring for an elderly woman as she takes her last breath. Tending to the health care needs of homeless people. Witnessing “the joy and the wonderment” of the birth of a newborn. Those are just a few of the experiences graduates of the URI College of Nursing have already experienced as they embark on their […]
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By Allie Lewis The College of Nursing, in collaboration with its professors and students, have chosen to honor one of their best and brightest as this year’s commencement speaker. Avon, Mass., native Shannon McIsaac will take the podium at Commencement Weekend to address her fellow nursing graduates with a message of perseverance, hope and, above […]
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Barbara Wolfe to be recognized by her alma mater as ‘Distinguished Alumna’ College of Nursing Dean Barbara Wolfe will be recognized this week by the Yale School of Nursing for her achievements and distinction within her career. The Yale School of Nursing’s Distinguished Alumna/us Award recognizes a select few individuals each year for demonstrating “achievement […]
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