In Colorado, one of the few states that allows advanced practice clinicians (APCs) to provide abortion care, almost half of APCs are interested in this training. With COVID-19, the influx into states providing abortions has increased and APCs can help meet demand.
Incoming CU Nursing Master’s student Captain Taylor Allen uses her expertise organizing field hospitals for the Army to help build and scale up the new Colorado Convention Center alternate care site.
Oriana Cruz is a graduate from the College of Nursing at the University of Colorado. She is filling in at a hard-hit hospital in New York to try to help contain the novel coronavirus
Our College of Nursing Faculty has been helping local news departments with information regarding the Covid-19 virus. From graduation requirements to cloth masks to federal funding of our nurse-led clinics -- here’s a wrap up of recent news coverage.
With the help of University of Colorado leadership, CU Nursing faculty, lobbyists, and State Representatives and Senators, Governor Jared Polis signed Executive Order D 2020 038 on April 15, 2020 to temporarily suspend State Board of Nursing statutes in order to expand the health care workforce. The Order temporarily suspends some State Board of Nursing rules for nursing programs. This allows our students to complete their programs in a timely fashion to help fight the Covid-19 outbreak, and also addresses the current nursing workforce needs in the state of Colorado.