Susan McLennon (Nursing) gave an invited scholarly presentation at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain International Nursing Summer School on the topic "Moral Distress in Nursing Students." The virtual event took place earlier this month.

Christine Young (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project to earn her doctorate title. Her project was "Nursing Toolkit for Care of the Pediatric Patient with Suicidal Ideation."    

Dieu-My Tran, Barbara St. Pierre Schneider (both Nursing), and Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored "Circadian Rhythms in Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Review".

Susan McLennon (Nursing) was competitively selected for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2021-22 cohort for the Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing Program. This fellowship helps develop and improve leadership skills in nurse academic leaders.

Steven Pallazzo (Nursing) and co-author Gordon Lee Gillispie had his article "Violence should not be part of the job" published by American Nurse. The prevalence of workplace violence (WPV) by patients and visitors is increasing. It’s particularly pervasive in emergency and psychiatric departments, but it also occurs in medical/surgical and…

Nikule Abel (Nursing) earned a scholarship to attend the Nurses in Washington Internship. The event is sponsored by the Nursing Organizations Alliance and gives nurses a chance to see how to influence health care via legislation and regulation. Abel, who is a student, will get to meet with Congresswoman Susie Lee of Nevada, among other lawmakers,…

Monica Arebalos (Medicine), who is an MD candidate, was asked an unexpected number of questions about her recently published paper on sex trafficking red flags, "Sex Trafficking Red Flags: Confirming Presentation Patterns and Childhood Adversity Risk Factors," during her match interviews with emergency room departments around the country. The ER…

Keshia Kotula (Nursing) defended her Ph.D. dissertation to earn her doctorate title. Her topic was “Factors Influencing the Self-Reported Palliative Care Practices of Acute Care Nurses.”

Dieu-My Tran (Nursing) was awarded a grant for $65,958, through CTR-IN funding, for a pilot intervention study on mobile health care and its effects on college students with elevated blood pressure.

Joe Alvarado, Stacy Sumpter, and Kayla Sullivan (all Nursing) are graduate students who recently successfully defended their Doctor of Nursing Practice projects.  They will earn their doctorate statuses when they finish their classes. Topics included: Sullivan: “An Intervention to Improve Nurses' Knowledge, Perceived Safety, and…

Leland "Rocky" Rockstraw (Nursing), director of the Clinical Simulation Center, was elected by the National Academies of Practice (NAP) as a Distinguished Practitioner & Fellow. The class of 2021 Fellows were welcomed into NAP in a virtual awards and induction ceremony earlier this month.

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Du Feng (Nursing), Dr. Petar Planinic, Dr. James Alexander (both Medicine), and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Dietary Blueberry and Soluble Fiber Supplementation Reduces Risk of Gestational Diabetes in Women with Obesity in a Randomized Controlled Trial,” which appeared in the Journal of…