2 kids, 2 jobs, a deployment to Afghanistan. That didn’t keep her from a UW-Madison degree
Wisconsin State Journal | December 14, 2019
The flexibility of the school’s online nursing program is ideal for nontraditional students such as Dietrick, who came to UW-Madison last spring with an associate’s nursing degree, a full-time job at St. Mary’s Hospital, a part-time job with the Wisconsin Air National Guard and two young children in tow.
Notable grads: winter commencement 2019
News.wisc.edu | December 10, 2019
Cassie Dietrick, of DeForest, Wisconsin, kept her schooling going through challenging circumstances. While deployed to Afghanistan as a tech sergeant in the Wisconsin Air National Guard from July to November of this year, Dietrick completed five courses through BSN@Home. … While studying in Afghanistan, Dietrick performed maintenance on a flight line seven days a week for 12-hour shifts. Back home, she’s the mother of two young children and volunteers as a Basic Life Support instructor for the Air Force Base at Truax Field in Madison. After graduation, Dietrick will continue working as a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison.
The increasing role of nurse practitioners in reducing health disparities.
Movement is Life Podcast | November 29, 2019
Featuring Mary Behrens, SoN alumna and member, Board of Visitors.
Working in Wyoming where there are only two humans per square mile (on average), nurse practitioner Mary Behrens, MS, FNP-BC, FAANP provides vital health care capacity to mainly rural populations. In this podcast she describes the role of the nurse practitioner, a discipline that is growing rapidly.
Monroe Clinic hosts UW–Madison chancellor, Wisconsin Legislature
JournalStandard.com | November 27, 2019
The trip to Monroe Clinic’s main campus was an opportunity to celebrate Monroe Clinic’s collaboration with UW-Madison on the Rural Placement Program for nurse practitioner and doctor of nursing practice students. … The number of former Rural Placement Program students working at Monroe Clinic accounts for 25% of Monroe Clinic’s total APP [advanced practice providers] workforce.
University symposium highlights jobs in rural healthcare
News 8 Lacrosse | November 26, 2019
Hospital alarms prove a noisy misery for patients: ‘I feel like I’m in jail.’
The Washington Post | November 24, 2019
“They’re loud. For some patients, it’s frightening. They don’t know where it’s coming from. It’s a source of irritation.” —Barbara King, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN, Assoc. Professor and Center for Aging Research & Education Director, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
Why I Became a Nurse
On Wisconsin | November 8, 2019
“I was always interested in health science, but there was a moment in the hospital where I looked at what the nurses were doing and how they were caring for my son and our family.” —Elizabeth Arth ’19, BSN, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
Overzealous in preventing falls, hospitals are producing an ‘epidemic of immobility’ in elderly patients
The Washington Post | October 13, 2019
“If we think that a patient walking is a patient who will fall, we have to shift that culture.” —Barbara King, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN, Assoc. Professor and Center for Aging Research & Education Director, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
UW–Madison merits silver rating in first sustainability assessment
UW News | October 7, 2019
“The School of Nursing, for example, regularly engages the students in discussions about climate justice and environmental stewardship. I know that Linda Scott, who is dean of the Nursing School, has been particularly proud to hear from clinical sites that our students are coming in and educating the professionals at those sites about sustainable practices.” — Chancellor Rebecca Blank, UW–Madison
Know Your Madisonian: Singing nurse meets patients where they are emotionally
Wisconsin State Journal | August 17, 2019
“I think I’ve gotten a lot more out of my job than I’ve ever given to any of my patients. I see some of the strongest, most beautiful people in the entire world every single day, and I get to take care of them.” —Bridget Ravis, BSN UW–Madison
Building a Healthier Langlade County has recently received a 2.5 year grant
Antigo Times | August 15, 2019
Catalyst for Change: Rachel Azanleko-Akouete on a Mission to Eliminate Racial Health Disparities
Madison365 | August 12, 2019
“As a black woman, college-educated, and middle-income, the birth outcomes are still comparable to a white woman who is not college-educated and who is low-income. That disparity is really sad.”—Rachel Azanleko-Akouete, MPH, BSN UW–Madison
Excluding minorities from Alzheimer’s research is wrong—and it’s keeping us from finding a cure
Quartz | July 19, 2019
“We see if we can connect people to existing resources that may put them in a better social situation.”—Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, Asst. Professor, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
How Early Trauma Can Affect Youth Later in Life
WPR | July 12, 2019
With Pam McGranahan, DNP, RN, Clinical Asst. Professor & DNP Program Director, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
Shedding Light on Concussions in Women’s Soccer
WPR | July 8, 2019
With Traci Snedden, PHD, RN, CPNP, CNE, Asst. Professor, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
For real equity in women’s soccer, let’s talk about concussion injury
USA Today Opinion | June 28, 2019
By Traci Snedden, PHD, RN, CPNP, CNE, Asst. Professor, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
Future Nursing Leader Award – Elizabeth Alleman
Wisconsin Nurses Association | June 3, 2019
Stressed Parents Make Unhealthy Food Choices for Children
The Swaddle | May 21, 2019
‘I Needed a Drink When I Got Home’ Nurses turn to alcohol to cope with stress of the job
WPR | May 20, 2019
“We’re nurses, we are like the postal service, we’re here no matter what for you at your time of need. And they are and that’s great, but it’s a double-edged sword.”—Linsey Steege, PhD, Assoc. Professor, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
There are three nurses for every doctor in the U.S. But nurses appear as sources in only 2% of health care stories
Poynter | May 13, 2019
“There’s no way to have this conversation without calling out the elephant in the room — that this is a female-dominated profession.” —Gina Bryan, DNP, RN, Clinical Professor, UW–Madison, School of Nursing
Making a Difference: Students provide “A Moment of Magic” for critically ill kids
NBC15 | May 3, 2019