UW System nursing students have another opportunity to receive a $500 tuition credit for working in hospitals and other health care settings between December 1, 2021 and March 20, 2022.
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UW System Nursing Students Eligible for Tuition Credit in Fall 2021
Nursing and pharmacy students have another opportunity to receive a $500 tuition credit for providing COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots during the fall 2021 semester.
Dean’s Letter | Spring 2021
This issue of ForwardNursing is dedicated to nurse advocacy and the breadth of circumstances in which nurses act on behalf of individuals, families, communities, populations, and health care providers themselves.
We’re Speaking
The pressures of the pandemic, which made nurses more visible than ever, are expected to make burnout worse. Nurses in the field and scholars in the School of Nursing are pushing for policy reforms, researching the root causes and effects of the critical issues facing the profession, and implementing new evidence-based tools to improve working conditions and patient outcomes.
Vaccination Efforts in Full Swing
The School of Nursing is making an impact with vaccination efforts throughout Wisconsin with the BN-CoVED initiative.
Maintaining Connections
The pandemic has multiplied the challenges for long-term care. The research of Tonya Roberts, PhD, RN, Asst. Professor, School of Nursing, sheds light on those challenges and strategies that long-term care staff have employed to combat social isolation.
A Message from Dean Scott
I write to you today knowing there are high emotions being felt by individuals and communities in response to the jury’s verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. I feel it deeply myself.
UW–Madison Nursing Students Volunteer to Give Out Vaccine
UW–Madison School of Nursing students are giving the COVID-19 vaccine to teachers and other qualifying populations around the southern part of the state, to help with the massive task of vaccinating against the new virus that caused a global pandemic.
UW System leaders, Chancellor Blank visit UW–Madison COVID-19 vaccine site
Chancellor Rebecca Blank, UW System interim President Tommy Thompson and Board of Regents President Andrew S. Petersen toured the vaccine clinic at the Nicholas Recreation Center on Tuesday, March 23, where School of Nursing faculty and students helped administer vaccines.
Campus Partnership to Support Community Vaccination Efforts
The Wisconsin Partnership Program has awarded a COVID-19 Response Grant to the UW–Madison School of Nursing to help support vaccination efforts in Wisconsin.