Nursing and Health Faculty Achievements

Nathan Caulk Contributes to Arizona Nursing Magazine

May 8, 2012 (All day)

Recent College of Nursing and Health Innovation graduate, Nathan Caulk, contributed an article to the publication Arizona Nurse. The articled entitled, "Public Health Nursing Opportunities" explores the origins of public health nursing and the wide career opportunities available....more

Perez Receives Geriatric Nursing Research Award

May 1, 2012 (All day)

Congratulations to Adriana Perez, PhD, ANP who was the 2012 recipient of the John A. Hartford – Western Institute of Nursing Regional Geriatric Nursing Research Award for a New Researcher. Adriana was presented with this award during WIN Conference Awards Luncheon in Portland, Oregon last month...more

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Barbara Wilson Awarded Grant

April 17, 2012 (All day)

Barbara Wilson, PhD, RNC, was awarded a grant from the Northern Chapter of Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN).

The grant will fund Wilson’s research to determine the influence of intermittent vs. continuous bladder catheterizations on a) the duration...more

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Elizabeth Reifsnider Contributes Chapter to Childhood Obesity Book

March 28, 2012 (All day)

Elizabeth Reifsnider PhD, WHNP, PHCNS-BC, FAAN, has co-authored a chapter to the book Childhood Obesity. The chapter is entitled "Early Infant Feeding Influences and Weight of Children" and is now available online at...more

Marianne McCarthy Selected as Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

March 7, 2012 (All day)

The Fellows of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) leadership recently announced that Marianne McCarthy is selected as a 2012 Fellow. Her sponsors were Evelyn Cesarotti and Donna Velasquez.

Marianne McCarthy is an associate professor at the College of Nursing and Health...more

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March of Dimes Presents Award to Marcia Jasper

February 2, 2012 (All day)

The March of Dimes recently awarded Marcia A. Jasper, RNC, MS an award for her 31 years of service to the Arizona Chapter. Marcia has been an integral part of the March of Dimes Chapter Program Services Committee and has been a lead reviewer of the Chapter Community Grants Program.

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Textbook Wins 2011 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award

January 13, 2012 (All day)

The textbook, “Sleep Disorders and Sleep Promotion in Nursing Practice” has received the prestigious 2011 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. Carol Baldwin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Southwest Borderlands Scholar and Director of the Center for World Health Promotion and Disease Prevention...more

Gerri Lam Authors Geriatric Research Study

January 5, 2012 (All day)

Gerri Lam, PhD, RN, served as first author on a geriatric research article published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The article, Avoidability of Hospital Transfers of Nursing Home Residents: Perspectives of Frontline Staff, describes nursing home (NH) staff perceptions of...more

NP Healthcare Grace Receives Contract Approval for 2012

December 7, 2011 (All day)

Denise Link, program director for the NP Healthcare Grace, has received notice from the Arizona Family Health Partnership that the program has been approved for continued funding for CY 2012 in the amount of $288,094.00. The Office of Research Support provided assistance with the grant...more

Gail Hock Named Scholar at Johns Hopkins University

November 21, 2011 (All day)

In August 2010, Gail Hock became an ONC Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of...more