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CON Professor Named AANP Fellow

Sherry McKay, MSN, ARNP, GNP-BC, assistant professor at the UI College of Nursing was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

McKay, who mentors undergraduate nursing students and nurse practitioner (NPs) to help them develop into the nursing leaders of tomorrow, was inducted at the Academy’s 26th National Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

UI DNP Student Recognized for Excellence

Current Doctor of Nursing Practice student Shanna Dewater was recently notified that she has been selected to receive the prestigious State of Missouri Excellence Award from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

Dewater was nominated because of her activities and efforts that are improving advanced practice registered nursing in Missouri. “I am still in shock,” she notes. “This is truly awesome and I have the University of Iowa to thank for it!”

Anesthesia Program’s Accreditation Letter Signals Continued Excellence

The University of Iowa Anesthesia Nursing Program was recently notified by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) that its 2010 graduating class had a pass rate of 100 percent on the national certification exam.

Data Shows Skilled Nursing and Post-Acute Care Quality Has Vastly Improved

WASHINGTON /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – With a commitment to quality improvement and transparency, the nation's two leading long term and post-acute care organizations recently released a comprehensive report of the quality of care in America's nursing and rehabilitation facilities. Relying on government data and expert analyses from leading quality researchers, the report shows that America's nursing facilities are continuing to build upon quality improvements reported in previous years, including measurable improvements in nine out of 10 quality measures since 2009.

Senior Health Adviser to Provide Keynote at Inaugural Future of Nursing Summit

With more than 3 million members, the nursing profession represents the largest segment of our nation’s health care workforce. In Iowa alone there are more than 45,000 registered nurses (as compared to 5,500 physicians in the state). Although nurses work collaboratively with physicians and other health care providers, there is a common misconception that they simply assist physicians. Nurses operate independent of other health care disciplines.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Profiled by OPDS

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a genetic disorder in which specific nerve cells in the brain degenerate. Symptoms include behavioral changes such as moodiness and irritability, cognitive changes such as impaired memory and executive function, and abnormal body movements.

There is no cure for Huntington’s disease, which affects about 30,000 people in the United States. People with the disease usually die within 15 to 20 years of onset of motor (movement) symptoms.

Former BSN Student ‘Bringing Joy to Africa’

Daily rains, long bikes rides and learning about diseases not common to her homeland are all part of life now for Joy Storm, a UI College of Nursing BSN graduate, and Peace Corps volunteer.

Storm is currently living in the African country of Kenya, more than 8,000 miles from her hometown of Princeton, IL.

Dr. Swanson to Receive Prestigious Award from INA

UI College of Nursing associate professor Elizabeth A. Swanson, PhD, RN, will be presented with the distinguished Teresa E. Christy Award at this year’s Iowa Nurses Association (INA) Convention, October 17, 2011.

This award is the highest nursing education accolade given on the state level by INA.

With a theme of "leading nursing to all it can be," the Association’s annual convention will be held at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, October 16-18.

Former AARP President to Present at 22nd Annual Long-Term Care Conference

Jennie Chin Hansen, CEO of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), and former president of AARP, will provide the Woodrow Morris Lectureship during the 22nd Annual Long-Term Care Conference & Leadership Workshop, October 27.

Iowa AHEC Program receives $1.5 million grant to recruit, retain health care workforce

(Des Moines, IA) – Des Moines University and The University of Iowa are pleased to announce the receipt of a one-year grant award in the amount of $1.5 million to support the statewide Iowa Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program.

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