Elizabeth Gaccione (Nursing) has been promoted to the role of student success facilitator. This position provides support for BSN students with time management tips, study strategies, and test-taking skills. The student success facilitator also collaborates with faculty and the student affairs team to ensure all students receive resources and…

School of Nursing was recently honored by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association with the 2022 Institutional Award for Promoting Excellence in Cardiovascular Care. The school was formally recognized at the 28th Annual Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium.  

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) was named editor of International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. This is a peer-reviewed nursing education journal.

Jennifer Vanderlaan and Rebecca Benfield (both Nursing) have been accepted for fellowship by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). They are among the biggest group of inductees in ACNM history. They will be officially recognized in May. Fellowship is based on leadership, clinical excellence, scholarship, and professional achievement…

Andrew Thomas Reyes, Ehdzky-Ray M. Manzano (both Nursing), and Chad L. Cross (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored, “The Moderating Role of Resilience on Mindfulness, Experiential Avoidance, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms of College Student Veterans: A Cross-Sectional Study,” which is published in the Issues in…

Congratulations to the recipients of these 2022 UNLV teaching awards: Outstanding Teaching by Part-Time Faculty Award Xiaoling Hays - Chinese/World Languages and Cultures, College of Liberal Arts Elizabeth "Hope" Hinchman - School of Nursing Yousif Muradian - Finance, Lee School of Business Hiroko Tadano - Japanese/World Languages and…

Yaa Obeng (Nursing) was elected as a member of the UNLV chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society.

Janice Enriquez (Nursing) served as item writer for the Oncology Nurse's Society certified breast care nurse exam. She was one of 15 chosen based on their experience.

Jennifer Vanderlaan and Acacia Herndon (both Nursing) will present their research abstracts at the 2022 Annual Research Meeting for Academy Health in Washington, D.C., in June. They will present based on their research regarding midwifery independent licensing. Herndon is an undergraduate.

Rebecca Benfield (Nursing) was selected for the highly competitive 2022 Sigma Theta Tau/Western Institute of Nursing Research Grant for her study, "An Immersion Intervention for Symptoms of PTSD in Student Veterans." She will be honored officially next month at the 2022 WIN Conference.

Tirth R. Bhatta (Sociology), Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing), and Sfurti Rathi (Public Health) have published an article, "The Intersection of Race and Financial Strain: The Pain of Social Disconnection among Women in the United States," in the Journal of Women and Aging. They used their nationwide Web-based survey to examine the effects of financial…

Yaa Obeng (Nursing) has been promoted to graduate engagement and retention coordinator. In this role, she will forge connections with graduate students, establishing positive and proactive relationships; track key metrics, identify student concerns, refer them to resources, and work with faculty on potential solutions.