Summer 2019
The Future Problem Solver
PhD student Theresa Watts had questions. When UW–Madison let her look for answers, she found some. Now the New York Native wants to use her PhD to find solutions to vexing public health problems and to eliminate health disparities.
Time for Full Practice Authority
Opinion | By Sarah Endicott DNP ’13 While there is no single solution to the problem of increasing access to high quality healthcare, there are answers. One is to allow advanced practice registered nurses to practice to the full extent of their education, training and experience.
The Badger Nurse Network
While student-alumni connections are a valuable part of the BNN, the network is not just for practicing nurses. Whether you’re a practicing nurse, retired or pursuing a different profession, the Badger Nurse Network needs your feedback on how your nursing education has helped you in your professional and personal pursuits. Once a Badger Nurse, always a Badger Nurse!
What Nurses Know about Opioids
The opioid epidemic continues to claim lives, disrupt families and challenge communities, but nurses are hardly standing idly by. In many settings, they are creating solutions, implementing new programs, and driving change that is good for nurses, patients, health systems and communities.
Study: Division I college athletes outpace student peers in mental health
A new study of students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison finds the university’s Division I athletes in enviable psychological shape—reporting a level of mental well-being far above their non-athlete classmates.That’s a bit of a surprise to Traci Snedden, the UW–Madison professor of nursing who led the study, which was published by the American Journal of Health Promotion.
Are Fitbits the answer to nurse fatigue?
Linsey Steege, UW–Madison School of Nursing professor, is using activity trackers on nurses to uncover important data about what causes fatigue in the work environment and what health systems can do to minimize its impact.
Commencement spotlight: Long journey makes nursing degree all the sweeter for JoAnn Brink
After working on it for 20 years, Brink will earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing from UW–Madison. “There was no way I was not going to finish that degree.”
Clinical Professor Barb Pinekenstein Earns a Top Nursing Honor
Clinical Professor Barb Pinekenstein '73 has spent her career mentoring nurses and encouraging them to share their expertise at the highest level.
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