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A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is being described as a piercing wake up call for a long-term care system in desperate need of an overhaul.

Faculty, students and community members gathered in person and virtually April 8 for the school’s annual Nursing Research Day. The theme this year was Health Behavior Change in a Digital World.

Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN, executive director of Environmental Stewardship at Providence Health System, delivered the School of Nursing’s second annual Planetary Health Guest Lectureship on decarbonizing health care.

PhD student Kristin Elgersma and BSN Brandi Nelson took first place for their research posters at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 2022 Annual Research Conference.

U.S. News & World Report placed the University of Minnesota No. 7 in its 2023 Best Nursing Schools ranking of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs. The School of Nursing was tied for seventh with the University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt University.

Clinical Associate Professor Barbara Peterson, PhD, PMHCNS, APRN, FNAP, was inducted into the National Academies of Practice.

Collaboratory to support graduates’ transition into pediatric practice, improve health of children through research and evidence-based practice

The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education was awarded Joint Accreditation with Commendation as a provider of continuing education for the interprofessional team.

Professor Wendy Looman’s abstract Resilience and Wellbeing: Youth Perceptions of Protective Factors During Normative and Non-Normative Stressors was named a Distinguished Abstract among all abstracts submitted for paper presentation to the Midwest Nursing Research Society 2022 Annual Research Conference.

Dean Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP, provided testimony to the Minnesota Senate Health & Human Services Finance and Policy Committee in support of the Nurse Licensure Compact on Feb. 21.