Accomplishments: School of Nursing

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing), Tirth Bhatta (Sociology), and Joel Snyder (Psychology) published an article, "The Primacy of Compassionate Love: Loneliness and Psychological Well-being in Later Life", in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. The study provides evidence of the beneficial role of compassionate…
Reimund Serafica (lead-author), Jennifer Kawi, Andrew Thomas Reyes, and Lorraine Evangelista (all Nursing), and Miguel Fudolig and Francisco Sy (Public Health) co-authored an article, "Correlates of Psychological Distress Among Filipino Americans and Filipinos Living in Urban Areas in the United States and the Philippines." The study aimed to…
Angela Amar (Nursing) presented on Health Equity in Nursing Education. She was an invited panelist at the Annual Summit of Nurse Trust in New Orleans on March 14.
Dean Angela Amar (Nursing) has been elected as the secretary-treasurer for the Western Institute of Nursing. She will be inducted during the Membership Assembly on Friday, April 21.
Candace Burton (Nursing) was published in the Journal of Forensic Nursing. The article was first-authored by Burton's Ph.D student (now candidate) using her existing data, and will be included in a special issue of the Journal of Forensic Nursing on Health Disparity and Health Equity in Forensic Nursing. Gepshtein, Y. &…
A new episode of Vital Views has been published, featuring Imelda Reyes and Jennifer Vanderlaan (both Nursing). They explain the importance of Nevada Assembly Bill 108 (AB 108) and explore the benefits to both nurses and residents of the state.
Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) was a co-author for a newly published article titled, "Timing of hospital admission at first childbirth: A prospective cohort study." The article was released in PLOS ONE Journal.
Dean Angela Amar (Nursing) is featured in, "Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders," a series by Minority Nurse. 
Angela Amar (Nursing) was part of the National League for Nursing strategic action group that developed a newly-published vision statement on integrating competency-based education in nursing curriculum.
Reimund Serafica (Nursing) is the lead author of the article, "Passive Suicidal Ideations in Older Adults: A Case Report," in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Serafica co-published with Timothy Grigsby (Public Health). The article presents the diagnosis and treatment of an older adult with depression and passive suicide ideation (SI).  
Kathleen Thimsen (Nursing) recently presented to the National Clearinghouse on Abuse Later Life (NCALL). Her topic was about elder abuse and clinical identification.
Jinyoung Kim and Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (both Nursing) were honored among others as the UNLV 2023-2026 cycle recipients of the Top Tier Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant (TTDGRA) grant competition. This program offers financial assistance to select researchers' proposals. Kim's research proposal is titled, "Current Sleep Health and the Risk…