News

URI College of Nursing reinstitutes online RN to BS program

Registered nurses with an associate’s degree or nursing diploma can complete bachelor’s degree online

Read More
Accessibility controls
Pause motion
Motion: On
Play motion
Motion: Off
Increase text contrast
Contrast: Standard
Reset text contrast
Contrast: High
Apply site-wide
  • Elizabeth Hathaway (left), Gianna Delgado, and Susan Wilkinson are the latest Barcott-Kim Fellows in the URI College of Nursing. URI photo | Michael Salerno Three Ph.D. nursing students named latest Barcott-Kim Fellows - Fellowship named for two emeritus professors aims to address national nursing faculty shortage Three University of Rhode Island College of Nursing graduate students are the latest members of the Dr. Donna Schwartz-Barcott and Dr. Hesook Suzie Kim Nursing Fellowship, which aims to address the national shortage of nursing faculty members, which in turn contributes to a shortage of […]
  • URI College of Nursing Associate Professor Jung Eun Lee aims to help older adults manage multiple chronic conditions, especially when living alone, using an interactive chatbot program. Chatbot helps older adults manage multiple chronic conditions - URI nursing Professor Jung Eun Lee uses technology to support symptom awareness, self-care for older adults living alone
  • URI College of Nursing Annual Report 2024-25 - The many significant accomplishments of the URI College of Nursing students, faculty, staff, and alumni are chronicled.
  • Seattle University College of Nursing Dean Kristen Swanson will focus on the value of caring theory as she delivers the URI College of Nursing's Fall Distinguished Lecture Nov. 20. Patient care expert, Seattle dean emerita to deliver college’s Fall Distinguished Lecture - Dean Emerita Kristen Swanson to discuss value of caring theory Nov. 20. Register today Kristen Swanson, dean- and professor emerita at the Seattle University College of Nursing, will discuss “Caring—The Difference that Makes a Difference: From Discovery to Randomized Trials and Clinical Translation,” as part of the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing’s Fall Distinguished […]
  • Brianna Vega Nursing alum wins Miss Rhode Island USA pageant - Brianna Vega ’19 will compete for Miss USA Oct. 24 in Nevada
  • URI College of Nursing students were symbolically welcomed into the healthcare professions during the semi0annual White Coat Ceremony on the Kingston Campus. New nursing students welcomed to profession during White Coat Ceremony - ‘Emblematic transition into nursing profession’ symbolizes commitment to compassionate care Dean Danny Willis and the faculty of the URI College of Nursing welcomed the Class of 2028 into the nursing profession during the annual White Coat Ceremony Tuesday morning in Edwards Auditorium. URI President Marc Parlange, and Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs […]
  • URI nursing student McKaylee Swatt recently completed the Flynn Pediatric Oncology Nursing Fellowship at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, during which she works hands-on with patients in the hospital, and completed a research project on neutropenic diets for children receiving chemotherapy. Future pediatric oncology nurse completes Flynn Fellowship at Hasbro Children’s Hospital - 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 […]
  • URI nusing student Alexis Melanson is pictured with Dean Danny Willis, Flyn Foundation founder and President Fred Flynn, and HopeHealth President and CEO Diana Franchitto at Melanson's graduation from the Susan D. Flynn Palliative Care Undergraduate Fellowship. URI Nursing students gets hands-on experience in palliative care - 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 […]
  • URI College of Nursing Professor Amy D'Agata's study shows that the effects of preterm birth can linger throughout an individual's lifetime, necessitating the inclusion of birth history in adult health records. Preterm birth can cause health problems later in life, should be considered in adult health records, URI study shows - 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 […]
  • Associate Professor Amy D'Agata and Assistant Professor Erica Liebermann Two URI nursing professors to be inducted as Fellows in American Academy of Nursing - 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 […]
View Archive