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Tag: Nursing

  • Faculty note: Prof. Vandenhouten is principle investigator of nursing program study

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    UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Christine Vandenhouten (Nursing & Health Studies) along with colleagues from University of Tennessee and Duke presented the findings of a national study at the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE) Annual Institute, June 8 in New Orleans. The study examined the types and extent that nursing programs substituted simulated clinical…

  • Dean Gallagher-Lepak Awarded by NANDA International

    Dean Gallagher-Lepak Awarded by NANDA International

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Dean of UW-Green Bay’s College of Health, Education and Social Welfare, Susan Gallagher-Lepak, was given the 2018 Unique Contribution Award from NANDA International (NANDA-I) at the NANDA-I Nursing Diagnosis and Knowledge Development Conference June 13-15 at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The award recognized her various contributions to the organization including authoring chapters for…

  • UW-Manitowoc Student Spotlight: Lori Maloney

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    Lori Maloney, a student at UW-Manitowoc, was forced to change her career path due to a motor vehicle accident in 2014. Until the accident, Maloney was a board-certified massage therapist, but the injuries she sustained forced her to choose another profession. Now, she is pursuing an education in Nursing. Read the full story on Herald Times…

  • UW-Manitowoc student is in the spotlight

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    Nicholas Geiger of Two Rivers decided to pursue an education in nursing at UW-Manitowoc. Geiger explains that he chose UW-Manitowoc for its convenience, as he had just returned home from the U.S Marines. Geiger chose nursing because he found helping and interacting with people enjoyable during his physician’s assistant shadowing. When asked if anyone at UW-Manitowoc…

  • ‘When we walk this stage, our family graduates with us’

    ‘When we walk this stage, our family graduates with us’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    First-generation American, Bao Nhia Xiong, to honor her Hmong heritage and family during UW-Green Bay commencement, Saturday, May 12, 2018 Green Bay, Wis. – When Bao Nhia Xiong accepts her diploma on Saturday, her family is graduating, too. “(My family), they are the backbone to my story,” says Xiong. “I didn’t grow up with money,…

  • Weidner Center Executive Director Strickland seizes ‘golden’ opportunity to talk to current girl scouts

    Weidner Center Executive Director Strickland seizes ‘golden’ opportunity to talk to current girl scouts

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    Sue Bodilly

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    For Kelli Strickland, Executive Director of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, Girl Scouting has never been just a hobby, but a way of life. Strickland was a Girl Scout from fifth grade through high school and worked as a counselor at scout camps well into her mid-20s. During that time, she earned the…

  • Nursing students give back for Nurses Week

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    Editorial Student

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    Nursing students at all UW Campuses are celebrating Nurses Week by giving back to their communities. Please donate to the UWGB Campus Cupboard and UWGB Career Closet. The drive will be held from April 30 to May 4. Collection bins located in the University Union, MAC Hall near the Garden Cafe, Wood Hall near Rosewood…

  • Nurses leading collection for Campus Cupboard & Career Closet

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Nursing students at all UW campuses are celebrating Nurses Week by giving back to their communities. Your help is needed to fill the Campus Cupboard and Career Closet at UW-Green Bay. Any donation will be greatly appreciated. The drive will be held April 30 to May 4, 2018. Collection bins will be located in the…

  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing – Kappa Pi Chapter Inductees

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The Kappa Pi-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Thera Tau International Honor Society held its induction ceremony April 7, 2018. Sigma, an international honor society, is committed to fostering excellence, scholarship, and leadership in nursing to improve health care worldwide. Students who demonstrate academic excellence and leadership potential are invited for membership. Congratulation to the 2018 inductees:…

  • Demand for more nurses drives tech schools, private colleges to create new paths to BSN degrees

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Karen Herzog of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and USA Today Network wrote a lengthy feature on the nursing shortage and UW-Green Bay’s answer to it — in part, the 1-2-1 program. “UW-Green Bay was the first in the state to start a 1-2-1 partnership. Its program with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College — a 15-minute drive from the UW-Green Bay campus — launched in…