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Nurses on Boards Provide a Unique Perspective

Nurses should be everywhere decisions are being made, advocates Kimberly Cleveland, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ College of Nursing lecturer, who currently serves as the Chair-Elect on the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) Board of Directors. Cleveland has had the opportunity to sit on …

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Jan Kirkland (left) with her daughter, Hannah, at her high school graduation,.

The Hannah and Jan Kirkland Memorial Scholarship

The Hannah and Jan Kirkland Memorial Scholarship provides tuition relief to nursing students from Columbiana county. The scholarship was created by Sally Kirkland to honor the lives of her late daughter Jan, and her late granddaughter Hannah. This generous scholarship will provide students with the …

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Health Care at Home: Telehealth Research and Practice by Dr. Lisa Onesko, DNP, APRN-BC

Infrequently practiced just one year ago, the seemingly overnight implementation of telehealth (healthcare offered to patients remotely) during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of primary care delivery. An Associate Professor for the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ College of Nursing and Director …

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Will Grayson, who will graduate May 2021, sits on the porch railing of his townhouse.

Graduating Senior Shares experience Adapting to Nursing School Changes During the Pandemic

Will Grayson, who will graduate with his Bachelor of Science in Nursing in May 2021, was in his pediatric rotation at the hospital when his clinical group learned ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ would transition to remote learning last spring. Grayson said the switch to online courses was not overly stressful…

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ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ College of Nursing, Cleveland Clinic Akron General Team Up to Offer Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Certificate Program

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s College of Nursing and Cleveland Clinic Akron General are joining forces to offer an adult/adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) certificate program beginning this fall. This collaborative one-year program was created to address the regional and national shortage of SANE-certified registered nurses, especially in rural areas. 

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Nursing Students Gain Experience Through COVID-19 Testing

In the course Community Health Nursing, Taryn Burhanna’s students are required to complete 60 clinical hours and eight laboratory simulation hours. Burhanna, community health nursing coordinator, wanted to ensure students in this course could get their hours and gain real-life experience by tapping into coronavirus relief efforts on campus.

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ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Online MBA – Business Analytics Program Ranks No. 25 and Online Master’s in Nursing Program Ranks in Top 100 by U.S. News in 2021 Best Online Programs Rankings

U.S. News & World Report has named four ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2021. ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ is recognized in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs, Best Online MBA Programs, Best Online MBA – Business Analytics Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings.

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College of Nursing Receives Multiple Large Gifts to support Faculty Research and Student Success

As the year draws to an end, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ College of Nursing would like to express its gratitude to the following donors for their generous gifts. Through their support, our faculty and students will have the opportunity to expand their research interests, attend leadership conferences…

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Various nursing students wearing personal protective equipment while practicing skills in the nursing lab at Henderson Hall on the Kent campus.

Giving Tuesday: College of Nursing Community Supports Nursing Student Emergency Fund

This year during our Giving Tuesday Campaign from November 9 through December 1, the College of Nursing community rallied together to help raise over $10,000 in support for the Race into Finals Emergency Fund. This featured Giving Tuesday fund was created several years ago to provide emergency finan…

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A student walking behind Henderson Hall during the fall semester.

Doubling Down: DNP and Ph.D. Collaboration at the College of Nursing

Both the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in nursing, established in the 1960s, and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), initiated in the early 2000s, provide doctoral degree programs allowing graduates to address the needs of patients and improve the constantly changing healthcare system. However, the…

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