College of Nursing
Giving Tuesday News & Emergency Fund Helps Students Survive and Thrive
From November 9 through December 1, 2020, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University will once again participate in Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday serves as a day to reflect on philanthropy in a time of the year often focused on consumerism. As in years past, the College of Nursing will be featured as we work …
Pandemic Prompts Creation of College’s Online Nursing Skills Video Library
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University to go completely remote midway through the spring 2020 semester, College of Nursing lecturer Sarah Bixler, MSN, RN, knew she would need to get creative with her teaching methods. “I have two school-aged children at home whose world was also tur…
Prestigious Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation President’s Grant to Expand End-of-Life Simulation for Nursing and Medical Students
Faculty researchers from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s College of Nursing were recently funded by the prestigious Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation with a yearlong President’s Grant award totaling $35,000. The goal of their study is to help ensure the competencies of new healthcare providers to fa…Dr. Dowell Explores Improving Asthma Symptom Management for Underserved Children through Community Engagement
Dr. Jo Dowell, Ph.D., APRN, CNP, PNP, FNP-BC, CFNE, serves as Assistant Professor for the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University College of Nursing and examines pediatric asthma and improving health outcomes for children who suffer from this disease. In a recent national report, Asthma Capitals 2019: The Most Challe…
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Nursing Researcher Awarded $1.5 Million, Three-Year Grant to Advance Nurse Education Within Integrated Care Settings
The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded a $1.5 million, three-year grant to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University College of Nursing research faculty member Jim Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC (principal investigator) and his team.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Nursing Researcher Receives $50,000 Grant to Explore Use of Cognitive Behavioral App Among Family Caregivers
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State College of Nursing Assistant Professor, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, recently received a $50,000 two-year grant through the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to research family caregivers who experience a phenomenon called post intensive care syndrome family (PICS-F) that ma…
Building Resiliency During Serious Illness Crisis
Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, and Tracey Motter, DNP, RN, researchers from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State College of Nursing, along with Maureen Keeley, Ph.D., Texas State, have developed a website to offer information, support via blog participation and research opportunities for famil…
COVID-19 Provides Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Nursing Students Unparalleled Experience
During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s College of Nursing have been employed in hospitals throughout Northeast Ohio, where they have honed their skills and observed healthcare professionals on the front lines.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University College of Nursing Launches Redesigned Ph.D. in Nursing Program
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020.
Peg’s Foundation Gifts Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s College of Nursing $165,000 Grant to Advance Mental Health Care in Northeast Ohio
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio.