In January, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) announced the 2023 NP State Awards for Excellence recipients. In recognition of her excellence in clinical practice, UArizona Nursing Professor Lisa Kiser, a certified nurse-midwife and women’s health nurse practitioner, is being honored by the AANP as the 2023 recipient of the AANP State Award for Excellence in Arizona.

In fall 2023, the University of Arizona College of Nursing will launch a brand-new course for the emerging adult population, ages 18-25. Designed to teach students about common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), NURS 151, Perspectives on Sexually Transmitted Infections, will prime learners to become peer resources on fact-based and science-based sexual health education.

UArizona Nursing held the first of three yearly clinical immersion sessions for its DNP students in early January. About 120 students from all DNP specialties participated in the immersion over five days. Many of the hands-on skill focused sessions were held at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) and with standardized patients in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination center.

Meet UArizona Nursing Assistant Clinical Professor Lateefah Collingwood, who joined the college last semester. Originally from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dr. Collingwood earned her nursing degree at the University of the Virgin Islands School of Nursing before getting her master’s in education from Florida State University, her master’s in nursing at Northern Arizona University and her PhD from the University of Phoenix. 

The grant will enable the University of Arizona College of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing program to address Arizona's dire nurse shortage.

The University of Arizona College of Nursing held its 2023 white coat ceremony for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students Jan. 13 at Crowder Hall. 

There’s no better way for smokers to ring in the New Year than to stop smoking. Contributing to more than 480,000 deaths annually in the United States, smoking remains a problem nationwide.  More than 8,000 Arizonans die each year from smoking, and thousands more live with a smoking-related illness. 

In November, University of Arizona College of Nursing Associate Clinical Professor James Reed, DNP, MSN, BSN travelled to a health clinic in El Fuerte, Sinaloa, to take part in 22 life-changing surgical cases.

The University of Arizona College of Nursing honored its fall 2022 graduating class at Centennial Hall on Dec. 15. A total of 221 Wildcat nurses celebrated the successful conclusion to their programs in front of family, friends and faculty.

In June, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly elected UArizona alumna Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, as the association’s next president to represent the interests of the nation’s more than 4.3 million registered nurses.