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Retired Brid. Gen. Clara Adams-Ender was inducted into the U.S. Army Hall of Fame by the Army Women’s Foundation. Adams-Ender, who earned a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Minnesota in 1969, rose from staff nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps to chief of the Army Nurse Corps, commanding 22,000 nurses. She was the first Army nurse to command as a general officer when she assumed command of Fort Belvoir.

Nathan Grumdahl’s work at Northeast Middle School in Minneapolis requires more than Band-Aids and ice packs

Two University of Minnesota Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students were elected to statewide leadership positions within the Minnesota Student Nurses’ Association (MSNA). Junior Jon Nghiem was elected MSNA director of communications and sophomore Julianne Pekala was elected Breakthrough to Nursing Committee chair.

To better prepare for leadership positions, 14 School of Nursing faculty participated in Faculty Leads, a program developed by the University’s Office of Human Resources Leadership and Talent Development team.

John J. Spillane, of Wayzata, received  the University of Minnesota School of Nursing’s Richard Olding Beard Award today. The award, presented by Dean Connie White Delaney, recognizes a non-nurse whose foresight, wisdom and advocacy for the nursing profession have led to better health care for all. 

Dean Connie White Delaney was named president-elect of the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR). FNINR provides resources to support nursing research and advance the mission of the National Institute of Nursing Research.

Dr. Dianne Willer-Sly is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. In 1986, she was a founding board member of the Austin Area Nurse Practitioner Alliance and in 1989 became a founding board member of Texas Nurse Practitioners. Subsequently, she helped to establish Minnesota Nurse Practitioners in 2009, of which she is now President.

Thank you to all who joined us for the 10th annual conference for those caring for a person with memory loss. We support and honor your journey. Hope to see you next year.

160 representatives of health systems, industry, government, non-profits and academia convened for the fifth annual Big Data Nursing conference in Minneapolis. The volunteer initiative is advancing a plan to make electronic heath record data easier to enter, standardize and use to improve health.

Demand for health care is rising due to an aging and growing population, but the supply of primary care physicians is declining. One solution? Nurse practitioners (NPs) who can perform many of the basic tasks that primary care doctors do — assess patients, diagnose diseases, develop care plans and prescribe medications.