School of Nursing - News

Celebrating 10 years of Children’s of Alabama Clinical Scholars

Innovative collaboration has changed clinical practice, patient outcomes nationally

UABSON transforming nursing education through international partnerships

Leading sustainable, reciprocal global partnerships

AACN recognizes UAB SON, JCDH Partnership

Awarded 2023 Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership

Nurse-Family Partnership of Central Alabama receives $8.8M grant

Supports NFPCA expansion to 27 additional counties

Partnership efforts lead to new ABN regulations

Initiatives discussed in co-authored publication

Talley, Patel named Outstanding Mentors

Recognized by Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of Alabama for work with Fellow at School’s PATH Clinic

Partnership expands mental health care access

Bibb Medical Center, UABSON partnership helps meet needs of patients

Partnership expands women’s health care access

New faculty practice improves access to care at Cooper Green Mercy Health Services

UABSON shines during World Games

Faculty, staff and students volunteer, showcase the School

Internships, other jobs help students, hospitals

Programs that employ nursing students provide preparation while addressing workforce needs

Partnership supports, empowers nurses

SON faculty provide mentorship through Lowder Clinical Scholars Program

UABSON WHOCC launches new webinar series

Free, on-demand webinars share faculty’s diabetes, cancer expertise

A history of global and local thinking

UAB School of Nursing focuses on community impact, opportunities for collaboration throughout history

Community service teaching students

Partnership with i3 Academy charter school in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community combines missions of community care and nursing education

Hodges recognized by NPWH

2020 Inspiration in Women’s Health from National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health recognizes dedication to combat human trafficking, help victims

Nurse Family Partnership graduates first class

Has seen more than 100 successful births since beginning nearly three years ago

Nurse-Managed Clinics win top national award

PATH, HRTSA Clinics honored for creative integration of interprofessional education, collaborative practice for chronic disease management in vulnerable populations

Nu at-Large Chapter of Sigma established

Chapter welcomes community partners UAB Hospital and Tuskegee University

School earns PAHO/WHO redesignation

Sixth redesignation marks 25 years of continuous service as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for International Nursing

Partnership earns top AACN award

UAB Nursing Partnership earns AACN's New Era for Academic Nursing Award

Graduates continue growing through residency

Cahaba Medical Care residency offers additional knowledge, experience

BSC partnership ‘a win for both schools’

UAB School of Nursing, Birmingham-Southern College come together to expand nursing pathway

Partners in mental health care

Children’s and School of Nursing come together for mental health residency

Helping through trauma-informed care

Faculty practice helps residents at The WellHouse through trauma-informed care

Expanding care to at-risk families

The Nurse Family Partnership of Central Alabama, administered by the UAB School of Nursing, now provides mental health care services to clients to help families achieve emotional wellbeing.

Grant to fund bleeding control education

Multi-school, grant-funded initiative will help spread bleeding control training across Birmingham.

SON, AirMed enter partnership

Partnership with AirMed international prepares health care professionals through simulation, training

Quilts give comfort through community

Community groups donate quilts for first-time mothers in Nurse-Family Partnership program

Alumni team up against opioids

Langner and White awarded for innovative ideas at InnoHack 2018

Partnering to impact global education

Ladores helping visiting Thai PhD students complete dissertation proposals

School, BVAMC leading Veterans' health care

New Post-Baccalaureate Nurse Residency increases impact, scope of unique Veterans' initiative, joins three other Veterans' health care initiatives

School, BVAMC partner on CE event

Topics include PTSD, borderline personality disorder, antipsychotic medications, insomnia

Leading transitional care

UAB Nursing Partnership nationally recognized for nurse-managed HRSA Heart Failure Clinic success

Lee takes unique path to VANAP Mental Health NP Residency

Photojournalist turned U.S. Army nurse is shining example of School's commitment to providing quality health care for Veterans

Returned Peace Corps Volunteers excel in AMNP program

Experiences abroad help Nieuwenhuys, Strawn succeed in School's accelerated master's curriculum

AMNP students get real-world look at harsh realities of life for vulnerable populations

Unique approach to community health clinicals enhances meaning, creativity

It takes a village

Presentation on Jan. 31 will spotlight UAB School of Nursing's efforts to care for Jefferson County's most vulnerable medical populations

Breaking down more barriers to health care

Expanded partnership with Aletheia House will provide increased access to medically underserved populations in Bessemer

Alumni leading nursing education in Thailand

Kunaviktikul reappointed as dean, Kaewthummanukul to serve as an associate dean of Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Nursing

Markaki named deputy director of PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center

Will join the School in mid-August from the University of Crete, succeed now-retired Dr. Lynda Wilson

ESGR honors McMullan for commitment to students meeting military requirements

Organization recognizes employers who support, value employment of U.S. service members

Waldrop climbed ladder quickly in MHNP Residency Program

Made transition from resident in the School to VA co-director in less than three years

UAB School of Nursing partnerships with VA, veterans continue to flourish

Strong relationships producing health care professionals who are well prepared to identify and care for veterans wherever they are

U.S. Army promotes PhD student Swiger to lieutenant colonel

UAB School of Nursing colleagues mark special day with ceremony, reception

Formal expansion announced of UAB Nursing - partnership among School, Health System, Hospital

Emphasizes lifelong learning, professional development and innovation, especially in the areas of quality and safety

Deupree, UAB leading Health Literacy Partnership of Alabama

Assistant professor serving as chair of statewide panel focusing on increasing the public's basic understanding of health information and services

Work at PATH Clinic providing "in-depth education"

First School of Nursing student to serve as triage tech Hannah Wood having a positive impact in critical assessment role

Child Care: Faculty Collaborate with Children’s of Alabama to Improve Care, Outcomes for Patients and Nurses

The School of Nursing collaborates with Children’s of Alabama, both academically and clinically, to improve care and outcomes for the young people who receive care there

Successfully leading transitional care innovations

Three nurse-managed clinics provide care for those with diabetes and heart failure, and Veterans with mental health needs

UAB School of Nursing students, faculty help those in need at health fair

Combine with community partners for successful events in two medically underserved Birmingham-area suburbs

International partnership with Hacettepe University beneficial for both schools, students, faculty

Hacettepe University is a distinguished, highly advanced, research-based institution in the heart of Ankara, Turkey, and much like UAB, it educates many of the country’s nursing leaders

Dr. Larry Dossey to present lecture on integrative medicine Dec. 3

Author of 12 books dealing with consciousness, spirituality, and healing, including The New York Times bestseller “Healing Words: The Power Of Prayer And The Practice Of Medicine,” and most recently “One Mind: How Our Mind Is Part Of A Greater Consciousness And Why It Matters”

Successfully leading transitional care innovations

Three nurse-managed clinics provide care for those with diabetes and heart failure, and Veterans with mental health needs

VA Nursing Academic Partnership earns 2015 AACN Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award

Recognized for demonstrating innovative, sustained relationship and for demonstrating positive, measurable outcomes

PATH Clinic has new home

UAB School of Nursing’s PATH Clinic serves vulnerable populations with diabetes

NP students learn eye exam skills through interprofessional partnership with UAB School of Optometry

Nurse Practitioner students learn eye exam skills through interprofessional partnership with UAB School of Optometry

UAB School of Nursing redesignated PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center another four years

The UAB School of Nursing is one of nine WHO Collaborating Centers in Nursing in the United States and one of 43 in the world.

School helps The Foundry win grant for Food Truck

Grant helps The Foundry support Oasis Produce Pantry Food Truck, bring nursing students to teach nutrition in low-income Birmingham suburb

AACN CEO visits UAB School of Nursing, BVAMC

Deborah Trautman meets with UAB and Birmingham VA Medical Center representatives to learn more about VA Nursing Academic Partnership

School hosts Certification Exam Review

ANCC Nurse Executive/Nurse Executive Advanced Certification Exam Review held in UAB School of Nursing

Advanced practice nursing at the 1917 Clinic

Jim Raper is proud to be a nurse practitioner and to have been the first nurse to direct a medical clinic at UAB. This, he said, has afforded him the opportunity to incorporate advanced practice nursing into every aspect of the 1917 Clinic.

Five questions with Jim Raper

Get to know Jim Raper a tenured Professor in the UAB School of Medicine, the only nurse with a primary appointment, and holds a secondary appointment in the School of Nursing.

NEPQR making a difference for those living with diabetes

Diabetes is an enormous problem in Alabama, but a UAB School of Nursing-managed post-discharge diabetes clinic is making the difference for hundreds of uninsured patients.

Leading transitional care

Imagine being discharged from the hospital knowing you suffer from heart failure, and you have no access to continuing outpatient care. What do you do when you’re in trouble—go to the emergency room, get readmitted, or worse, do nothing? It’s a recipe for a vicious cycle that could have disastrous outcomes.

Cancer resources at your fingertips

It has not taken Assistant Professor Deborah Walker, DNP, CRNP, AOCN, long to prepare her recently launched cancer resources smart phone app to go beyond Birmingham or cancer.

Nursing without walls

Nursing without walls—delivering quality care to populations how, when and where they need, and caring for their unique needs without traditional encumbrances—has become the essence of nursing that is practiced, taught and studied at the UAB School of Nursing.

New wounds, new approach

The UAB School of Nursing and Birmingham VA Medical Center are again expanding their 43-year-old partnership and the focus on Veterans' mental health needs

UAB Gets Grant to Continue Interprofessional Education

The UAB School of Dentistry, in partnership with the UAB schools of Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions and Optometry, received a $150,000 renewal grant through the DentaQuest Foundation to train professional students to work collaboratively and recognize when they should make referrals to other professions.

UAB School of Nursing Receives $1.4M to Craft Practice Model, Expand Care

The UAB School of Nursing receives a three-year, $1.4-million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration

Harper named to Department of Veterans Affairs' Special Medical Advisory Group

Advising on matters relating to the care and treatment of Veterans

UAB Dentistry Cares Community Day charity event treats more than 350

More than 500 volunteers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry, the UAB School of Nursing, Cahaba Valley Health Care, and other local dentists, health agencies and companies cared for more than 350 people today as part of the first UAB Dentistry Cares Community Day.

UAB School of Nursing reopens health clinic at The Foundry

The UAB School of Nursing has acquired the health clinic at The Foundry Rescue Mission and Recovery Center in Bessemer and began seeing patients – both residents of The Foundry and members of the community in need of health care – July 1, 2013.

Nursing partners to expand care in rural Alabama

Nursing, Medicine partner in AHEC initiative to expand access to primary care — especially for rural and other under-served populations — in Alabama using a five-year, $5.25-million HRSA grant

Faculty practice showcases osteoporosis work

UAB School of Nursing faculty provide leadership in clinical practice for those living with osteoporosis

The Critical Juncture

The UAB School of Nursing partners at the critical juncture to improve access and quality health care for communities

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