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The Surgery and Post Graduate Faculties Board at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has approved Mary Jo Kreitzer’s appointment as a Fellow Ad Eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (FFNMRCSI Ad Eundem). Kreitzer is the founder and director of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing and a professor at the School of Nursing
Benjamin Mchie, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit African American Registry and a relentless champion for positive social change, was awarded the School of Nursing’s Richard Olding Beard Award during a virtual ceremony on Sept. 17.
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) awarded Clinical Associate Professor Nasra Giama, DNP, RN, PHN, the 2020 WHO Dedicated Year of the Nurse and the Midwife Award.
The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) named the University of Minnesota School of Nursing the academic recipient of the 2021 Healthy Work Environment Award.
The University of Minnesota School of Nursing celebrated the graduation of students at a virtual commencement ceremony Friday, Dec 18, 2020. Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, School of Nursing professor ad honorem and American Academy of Nursing Living Legend, delivered the commencement address to graduates.
The Minnesota Northstar Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program collaborated with Saint Louis University’s Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gateway Workforce Enhancement Program for a virtual Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition, with a University of Minnesota team being named the winner.
Leaders in public health and medicine from the University of Minnesota and Cuba gathered at a virtual forum co-sponsored by the School of Nursing to share their experiences working on the frontlines against COVID-19.
The University of Minnesota School of Nursing and the Nursing School of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil commemorated and celebrated the signing of a new partnership agreement.
With nearly $6 million in awards to the School of Nursing and Earl. E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing in 2020, the University of Minnesota ranked 12th in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to schools of nursing.
The University of Minnesota School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program rose to 18th in the 2022 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings.