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Category: Umass Amherst

UMass Amherst Nursing Researcher Rachel Walker Named Lemelson Invention Ambassador

June 4, 2018

AMHERST, Mass. – Rachel Walker, assistant professor of nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is the first nurse to…

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Nursing Students Help to Provide Meningitis Serogroup B Vaccine

February 26, 2018

In response to recent Meningitis cases on campus, nearly 20 student nurses volunteered to help University Health Services provide over…

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60 UMass Nurses Inducted Into Sigma Theta Tau International

On Thursday, December 7th, over 100 nurses were inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing, at the…

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  • Why should we be encouraging international students to study nursing? January 16, 2022
    This week’s blog is written by Rhian Stevens (@rhianstevens1), Lecturer in Nursing (Child Field and International) at the University of Birmingham. In the blog, Rhian reflects on why we should be encouraging international students to study pre-registration nursing. Why should we be encouraging international students to study nursing? Students are increasingly looking to study abroad […]
  • Innovation for Placement Regeneration January 9, 2022
    This week’s blog is written by Amy Hunter (@aeh_health) who currently leads the HEE Clinical Placement Expansion Project in Leeds (@CPEPLeeds), bringing together local practice partners for innovative ‘Future Placements’. Amy is also Chair of the One Workforce Leeds project’s Technology and Innovation Subcommittee, which considers the placement experiences of all learners in Health and […]
  • Write for us in 2022! January 3, 2022
    David Barrett; Deputy Editor, Evidence-Based Nursing Journal At Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) journal we seek to promote high-quality research through the publication of commentaries, summaries and opinion pieces. The journal is dependent on contributions from nurses and the broader healthcare community, and we are always looking for new authors. If you’re interested in writing for us, then there […]
  • Leadership lessons from Disney’s Peter Pan December 12, 2021
    “We’re following the leader, the leader, the leader, we’re following the leader wherever he may go. Tee dum, tee dee ……” This week’s Blog is written by Becky Thomas (@Becky_QICTM). Becky is a Senior Nurse for Improvement, she is described as being a creative, innovative, and enthusiastic individual with a great passion for nursing, improving […]
  • Last Breaths December 5, 2021
    This week’s blog is written by Dr Sarah Russell (@LearnPEOLC ) who is Lead Nurse for Palliative and End of Life Care at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust as well as being an @FNightingaleF scholar. Diagnosing dying can be challenging. Clinicians have limited accuracy in the prediction of patient survival (Hui et al 2011) and […]