College of Nursing News

Jun 24, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

The Research and Evidence-based Practice (E.B.P.) Symposium, a long-time University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) event, has had many ties with the CU College of Nursing over the years. For the symposium's 25th anniversary, several more College of Nursing alumni were recognized.

Jun 24, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

Several years ago, Alice Stephenson, BS '63, RN, PN, looked back over her career as a nurse and was grateful. She remembers her years in nursing school with pride and always felt good when someone noticed her CU School of Nursing pin.

Jun 19, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

Cheryl Krause-Parello studies animal-assisted intervention (AAI) and is founder and director of Canines Providing Assistance to Wounded Warriors (C-PAWW), a new initiative at the CU College of Nursing that supports military and veterans’ health and education in Colorado, with the aim of becoming the most military-supportive state in the country.

Jun 17, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

​On May 9, during National Nurses Week, faculty, staff and students gathered to celebrate the profession and to roll out the official new image campaign for the CU College of Nursing.

Apr 18, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

Dulce Mia Warren is the College of Nursing Alumni Association S. Claire Sandekian Scholarship recipient for 2014.​

Apr 14, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

Kathy Magilvy, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Ernestine Kotthoff-Burnell, PhD, APRN, FAANP, from the college participated in the exchange agreement between our sister school, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences Department of Nursing in Japan, and the University of Colorado College of Nursing.

Apr 9, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

On Friday, April 4, the Center for Midwifery (CFM) opened their new Lone Tree clinic.

Mar 26, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

John Welton, PhD, RN, Senior Scientist in Health Systems Research and Director of the Colorado Collaborative for Nursing Research (CCNR), will assume the role of Director of the PhD Program effective immediately.

Mar 26, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) named Dean Sarah Thompson, PhD, FAAN, to chair their national DNP Implementation Task Force.

Mar 12, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

​The University of Colorado College of Nursing has been successful in snagging high rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 edition of Best Graduate Schools.

Mar 5, 2014 by Julie MW Zavala, DNP, CPNP

As a PNP working in an elementary school-based health clinic (SBHC), I care for an ever-growing number of children with increased BMIs (>85%). Despite my knowledge of the importance of the problem, my engaging conversational style, and my endless supply of 5-2-1-0 handouts, I became frustrated with my inability to make much improvement.

Mar 3, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

The University of Colorado and The Wildlife Experience, the largest cultural institution in Douglas County, will collaborate to allow CU to begin offering classes in south metro Denver in fall 2014,

Feb 24, 2014 by College of Nursing Marketing

The University of Colorado College of Nursing is currently implementing a three-year $743,000 Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) training grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at SAMHSA, which aims to train current and future nurses to recognize at-risk and harmful substance use in patients before the problems become more serious.