As part of a multidisciplinary project between the University of Arizona College of Engineering’s Center to Stream Health in Place (C2SHIP) and the UArizona College of Nursing, Associate Nursing Professor Shu Fen Wung , PhD, MS, RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN recently traveled to Israel to work with Israeli health care innovators in digital health.

Timian Godfrey, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, an assistant clinical professor in the University of Arizona College of Nursing, was recently inducted into the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), a policy-oriented think tank composed of top nursing leaders and honorary health care colleagues elected by their peers. 

When UArizona Nursing DNP student Jesus "JP" Prado accepts his diploma this December, he will be celebrating a year that was marked by not one but three significant achievements: in addition to earning his DNP-PMHNP specialty degree, he was recently promoted to Major in the Air Force Reserves, and received the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for Outstanding and Invaluable Military Service.

Several College of Nursing faculty who also are alumni reflect on how the college and nursing have been transformed over more than six decades.

The Breast Cancer Survivors and Partners Online Research Together (SUPORT) project incorporates online contemplative meditation exercises designed to strengthen and sustain compassion while increasing emotional awareness.

A first-generation college student from Washington State, Alexa Dang wasn’t sure at first where her academic trajectory would lead her. Lacking resources and mentors, she had to figure out her path on her own. A natural caregiver, she enjoyed helping people from an early age. Friends and loved ones came to her with problems and she always felt like she had something to offer.

We recently caught up with Principal Lecturer Linda Perez, RN, to hear her thoughts on the importance of Hispanic Heritage Month to her both personally and professionally, and the state of the college.

For Melissa Goldsmith, PhD, RNC, assuming the role of University of Arizona College of Nursing Alumni Council President was the natural next step in a long and textured career in nursing. 

University of Arizona College of Nursing Assistant Professor Meghan Skiba has been selected as the recipient of a $50,000 Sensor Seed Grant. As the study’s principal investigator, Dr. Skiba will pilot test an evidenced based mentored gardening intervention for cancer survivors that will be active through June 2023.