Kathryn Mathis discovered nursing when her daughter Lily contracted viral meningitis, which then developed into a serious brain injury. “I wanted to give back. The nurses inspired me… I don’t think I would have ended up here if Lily and I didn’t have that experience.”
CU Nursing and its student nurses are encouraging the community to celebrate the profession of nursing duing the month of May. Check out the College's "I am a CU Nurse" campaign and all the fun activities they have planned to celebrate!
For burn survivors, Wayne Winkler and Shannon Bennett, participating in Dr. Teresa Connolly’s Nursing Care of the Adult Patient with Complex Care Needs class is a way for nursing students to become better nurses while giving back to those who helped them during recovery.
Feb 25, 2019
by Katelyn Nolan Ashley Blubaugh Katherine Sylvestre
Zipporah Parks Hammond (1924-2011), BS ’46, was the University of Colorado College of Nursing’s first African-American graduate, overcoming the oppressive restrictions that kept black women of her era from pursuing higher education.