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Professor Cram Featured in Recent Forbes Article

Has Nursing Been Overhyped As A Career Choice?

By Alison Griswold, Forbes Staff

IOWA INVESTIGATOR: Victoria Steelman

What is the focus of your research? What questions are you trying to answer? What problems are you attempting to solve?

Dean Frantz and Professor Clinton Cited in World-Herald Article

Should your nurse be practicing alone?

By Rick Ruggles – World-Herald Staff Writer

Typically teammates in patient care, physicians and a group of highly educated nurses are at odds over whether those nurses should practice independently in Nebraska.

Nurse practitioners — nurses with master's degrees or doctorates — are rapidly increasing in number in Nebraska, Iowa and nationwide.

Professor Stineman Recognized for Teaching Excellence

Anita Stineman, PhD, RN, associate professor at UI’s College of Nursing, was announced as the winner of the college’s 2011-2012 Collegiate Teaching Award. She was presented with the award—which represents the highest honor the college can bestow upon its faculty for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching—during the college’s annual spring celebration, which was held at UI’s University Club.

PhD Student Emily Higdon Featured in Iowa Now

UI doctoral candidate dreams of being on faculty at a research-intensive nursing college, conducting groundbreaking research, and guiding the next generation of nurses into an expanding and changing profession. With a prestigious scholarship in hand, she's well on her way.

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CON Faculty Become the ‘Faces of HD’

Assistant Professor Martha Driessnack and Janet Williams, Kelting Professor of Nursing, are doing their part to help increase the awareness of Huntington’s Disease (HD).

The duo was recently profiled in the Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s (HDSA) “Faces of HD” campaign – an annual initiative correlated with HD Awareness Month (May).

Both Driessnack and Williams contributed to this HDSA campaign by sharing their involvement with HD-related research as well as their experiences with families affected by HD.

New Partnership with Future of Nursing

Lisa Sieren, statewide coordinator for United Ways of Iowa, has been selected to serve on the Steering Committee of the Iowa Action Coalition in the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. The purpose of the coalition is to implement recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” 

Mary Berg Named NP of the Year

Mary Berg, DNP, RN, ARNP, Associate Professor at the University of Iowa College of Nursing was recently named Nurse Practitioner of the Year by the Iowa Association of Nurse Practitioners (IANP).

This award is presented each year at the Spring Nurse Practitioner Conference to one IANP member who has made “substantial contributions to IANP and to their profession.”

Professor Watson Interviewed in Register Article

Nurse Leaders an Emerging Role in the Field

More Iowa programs preparing nurses for the role, aimed at improving quality and safety

Special to the Register | By Estela Villanueva-Whitman

Two Iowa nursing schools are doing their part to train clinical nurse leaders, an emerging role poised to improve quality and safety in patient care.

New Poll Reveals Serious Gaps in Care for Older Adults

Many older Americans, including those with a regular primary care provider, are not receiving important geriatric services, according to a new poll released by the John A. Hartford Foundation.

In the nationally representative poll of Americans age 65 and older, large majorities report that they have not received depression screening, falls history or counseling, referral to community-based health resources, and other important services that support healthy aging. The poll also explores awareness of the new Medicare Annual Wellness visit and older patient satisfaction.

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