News: School of Nursing
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From professional reasons to personal connections, faculty across campus share why they’re fond of certain works they penned.
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Tomas C. Walker, the 2017 Nursing Alumnus of the Year, working to develop an artificial pancreas to help patients with diabetes.
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A faculty-and-student research team is shining a light on white blood cells to better understand what their location implies about their role in muscle repair.
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A lifelong commitment to help never-served populations is one of the things that drew this nursing professor to her profession.
Step into the custom-designed training center for UNLV nursing students where manikins talk, blood is made by the gallon, and life-saving skills are mastered.
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Fundraising for universitywide collaboration surpasses $750,000 with support from Switch and NV Energy Foundation.
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The emphasis on research and achieving Top Tier status drew this nursing professor to UNLV.
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Smartwatches that help you track daily steps and heart rate? That’s old hat, according to UNLV researchers who have recently licensed their latest patent for a fitness tracker that makes calorie-counting as easy as taking a picture.
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The twins plan to throw themselves into the full college experience.
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MealCheck Technologies, Inc. will produce the UNLV invention, which combines the best of existing fitness-monitoring devices to make dieting or staying healthy easier than ever.
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Advice from Carol Martin, School of Nursing Alumna of the Year
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This administrator says the array of opportunities available to nurses today — including research and health care policy work — provides nearly limitless career advancement potential.