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CU Nursing in the Last 25 Years and Beyond

If the first century of the University of Colorado College of Nursing is known for its growth and dedication to educate students and care for patients, CU Nursing may be remembered in the last 25 years of its history for focusing on the individual. In the last quarter of a century, faculty have innovated new programs to serve and meet the unique needs of the diverse, Indigenous, uninsured and rural patient. In the middle of this fine-tuning of accessible healthcare came a big wrench. COVID-19.

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CU Nursing Participating in Colorado Free Application Day$

WHAT:  Colorado Free Application Day$ waives application fees at participating Colorado colleges and universities.  CU Nursing will waive the supplemental application fee for all students who qualify. NursingCAS fee waiver codes will be provided to the first 100 eligible students who complete the waiver request form.


Author College of Nursing Marketing | Publish Date October 02, 2023
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CU Nursing Receives $2 Million Grant to Expand Healthcare in Rural Areas

AURORA, Colo. (September 27, 2023) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing received a $2 million grant to increase the number of midwives in rural areas of Colorado over the next four years.


Author College of Nursing Marketing | Publish Date September 27, 2023
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Alumni

A Culture of Belonging

Kathy Bruning, BSN (1978), MS has great memories of her time attending the University of Colorado College of Nursing, formerly the School of Nursing in Denver.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date September 25, 2023
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Education

Celebrating 125 Years of CU Nursing

The University of Colorado College of Nursing has been commemorating 125 years of teaching students, new nursing practices, innovative research, and overall excellence in 2023. Dozens of CU Nursing faculty, staff, and former faculty came together to honor the college’s accomplishments on Thursday, September 21 for a 125th Anniversary Celebration.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date September 22, 2023
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Students

Celebrating Dean’s Early Scholar Awards Recipients

University of Colorado College of Nursing PhD students visit the Anschutz Medical Campus at the start of every semester for week-long intensives. The PhD program is online, so the intensives give students an opportunity to meet in-person with their colleagues and faculty, and see campus.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date September 20, 2023
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Education    Faculty

Highlighting the Importance of Treating Mental Health

Mia Roberts, PhD, CPNP-PC, stood in front of a crowd of about 60 University of Colorado College of Nursing PhD students and faculty prepared to present her doctoral dissertation for only the second time.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date September 19, 2023
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Community    Faculty    Students

Get Protected Before Flu Season

The University of Colorado College of Nursing and Campus Community Health are holding flu shot clinics in September and October on the Anschutz Medical Campus for students, faculty, staff, and other members of the campus community and their families.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date September 15, 2023
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Education    Community    Faculty    Veteran and Military Health

New Art Exhibit Highlights Colorado Veterans

“It’s really important that we come together as a community to support our veterans, and it’s really important that our community understands how to care for them.”


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date September 07, 2023
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Education    Faculty    Student and Alumni

CU Nursing in the Last 25 Years and Beyond

If the first century of the University of Colorado College of Nursing is known for its growth and dedication to educate students and care for patients, CU Nursing may be remembered in the last 25 years of its history for focusing on the individual. In the last quarter of a century, faculty have innovated new programs to serve and meet the unique needs of the diverse, Indigenous, uninsured and rural patient. In the middle of this fine-tuning of accessible healthcare came a big wrench. COVID-19.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date September 05, 2023
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Campus Life    Students

Top 10 Things to Know About CU Anschutz Medical Campus

Nursing students begin the Fall Semester on Monday, August 28 at University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus. Students, both new and returning, are getting into a routine of going to classes and preparing for exams.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date August 28, 2023
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Community

Block Party Brings Campus Together

Food trucks, entertainment, and free stuff are taking over Bonfils Circle on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date August 25, 2023
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Education    simulation lab

How Technology Can Play a Role in Nursing

Two University of Colorado College of Nursing associate professors at the Anschutz Medical Campus are using smart glasses to enhance nursing education – and they hope to use that technology in nursing care.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date August 22, 2023
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Education    Students

Giving Students Tools to Succeed

Adjusting to college life and course load can be a daunting task for new students. Add in nursing classes – like pharmacology or pathophysiology – and the process can be overwhelming.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date August 18, 2023
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Students    Scholarship

Scholarships Provide Much Needed Funds for Nursing Students

“When I saw the demanding schedule of nursing school, I realized that working full time was no longer a feasible option for myself if I wanted to succeed,” said Madison Mey.

Mey, a University of Colorado College of Nursing BSN student, knew she would need financial help to pursue her nursing degree at the Anschutz Medical Campus.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date August 14, 2023
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Faculty

Contemplating the Past Can Help Nursing Faculty in the Future

A new editorial co-authored by a faculty member at the University of Colorado College of Nursing asserts the severe and growing shortage of nursing educators nationwide may be partially addressed with reflective practice, or taking the time to look back and assess results in order to consider alternative actions for the future. It’s a lesson in history. In 1973, author Robert Heinlein wrote “A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.”


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date August 07, 2023
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Press Releases    Students

Study Shows Agency Collaboration can Help Reduce Veteran Suicide

AURORA, Colo. (July 27, 2023) – Every day, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says 17 veterans take their own lives. More than half of them, 60%, never reached out to VA healthcare services before they committed suicide.


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Alumni    Students    Scholarship    Hot Topic

10 Tips to Find and Earn Scholarships for Nursing School

University of Colorado College of Nursing 2023 BSN graduate Mark Domingo received a transfer scholarship when he applied and was accepted to Anschutz Medical Campus BSN program and was grateful for it. “It certainly helped defray some of the costs of college.”


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date July 24, 2023
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Press Releases    Faculty

New Study: Fitness Digital Health Technology can Help Some Older Family Caregivers get More Exercise, Relieve Stress

AURORA, Colo. (July 19, 2023) – As the American population grows older and life-extending technologies improve, the number of people taking care of their family members has increased. Nearly 17% of the adult population or 53 million people today provide unpaid care to a relative or other loved one with a chronic disease, according to Caregiving in the U.S. 2020 report.


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Education    Alumni

1948-1973: CU Nursing Establishes Reputation as a Pioneering Institution

America was rebuilding and growing after the end of World War II, and the University of Colorado School of Nursing was certainly no exception.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date July 10, 2023
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Alumni

I Married Uncle Sam

During World War II, Japanese Americans were shipped to internment camps throughout the US. American-by-birth citizens of Japanese parents (Nisei) loyally answered the call for new nurses. Despite numerous obstacles to attain a nursing education, these courageous young women overcame prejudice to volunteer for the US Cadet Nurse Corps and serve in American hospitals. The University of Colorado School of Nursing was a safe haven for many Nisei students who were turned away from nursing programs on the west coast.


Author Guest Contributor | Publish Date July 05, 2023
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Diabetes    Obesity    pregnancy

Can We Solve the Childhood Obesity Epidemic During Pregnancy?

Obesity is an epidemic. It’s projected that by 2030, one in two adults and one in four children ages 5-9 in the United States will be obese.


Author Guest Contributor | Publish Date June 30, 2023
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Education    Faculty

New, Larger Simulation Lab to use Cutting-edge Technology to Train Students, Improve Healthcare

This fall, more students than ever at the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus will have access to state-of-the-art technology including AI, virtual reality, patient actors and high-fidelity medical manikins to practice their nursing skills and ultimately, improve health care.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date June 28, 2023
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Education    Hot Topic

Hot Topics in Nursing: Peer-to-Peer Wisdom

Believe it or not students, graduates from the University of Colorado College of Nursing say you’re going to miss school. It’s the small things you don’t think about now; the friendships, comradery, access to brilliant instructors and the ability to make mistakes without big consequences. Believe it.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date June 26, 2023
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Research    Press Releases    Faculty

Nurses Can Play Critical Role Preventing Medical Device-Related Injuries

AURORA, Colo. (June 20, 2023) – Hospital-acquired pressure injuries hurt approximately 2.5 million hospital patients every year, leading to 60,000 deaths and cost an estimated $27 billion, according to a column co-authored by a professor and a student at the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus.


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Alumni

Former CU Nursing Grad Transforms Life After Near-Fatal Cycling Accident

One moment, 32-year-old Terry Chase was leaning over the handlebars of her road bike feeling the sun and wind caress her face while her lungs and legs pumped and burned along a 10-mile route in Grand Junction. The next moment, she was airborne.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date June 12, 2023
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Research    Innovation    Patient Care   

CU Anschutz Receives $50 Million From The Anschutz Foundation to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Medicine

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus this week announced the Anschutz Acceleration Initiative, a program to advance cutting-edge healthcare innovations that are poised to reach patients within the next three to five years.


Author Julia Milzer | Publish Date June 07, 2023
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Research    Press Releases    Faculty

University of Colorado College of Nursing Faculty Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

AURORA, Colo. (June 5, 2023) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Christina Sun, PhD, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in LGBT health research in Botswana and Taiwan for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.


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Collaboration with Montana State University and Colleges of Nursing Across Four States

AURORA, Colo. (May 31, 2023) – The Montana Office of Rural Health/AHEC, the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence (CNE), and Colleges of Nursing at the University of Colorado, Montana State University, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, Utah, and Wyoming have partnered to create a clinical nursing faculty & preceptor academy (CFPA) for the Rocky Mountain region. This program provides training and tools to strengthen and support clinical nursing faculty and preceptors working in rural and frontier parts of the mountain west.


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Education    Alumni

1973-1998: Growing Pains and Caring Science

By 1973, the University of Colorado School of Nursing had established credibility as the birthplace of the nurse practitioner – a concept that proliferated in more than 65 nursing schools around the country. One publication ranked CU Nursing as the fifth best nursing school in the United States. The school added more master’s courses in its curriculum and enrollment continued to grow.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date May 31, 2023
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Students    Graduation

‘Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day’ Inspires One Woman’s Career

Years ago, Marie Stahl saw her future during National Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day. As a front desk clerk at Denver Health, Stahl’s mother introduced her to life inside a hospital, and that made a positive impression on her to this day.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date May 15, 2023
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Students    Graduation

Graduate to Fight for More Diversity in Nursing

When Kimberly Morales-Ortiz was a child, she remembers going to a healthcare clinic with her grandmother who has diabetes. The nurses spoke Spanish with her grandmother, getting her engaged in her own treatment.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 15, 2023
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Students    Graduation

Like Mother, Like Son

While most kids were hanging out with friends in middle and high school, University of Colorado College of Nursing BSN candidate Mark Domingo and his two siblings were helping their mom take care of three elderly people who lived in their home. His mom Ruby was a certified caregiver. For 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, they helped her feed the patients, get them showered and dressed, and take them on walks. They treated them like family. The experience sparked Domingo’s passion for helping others.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 11, 2023
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Students    Graduation

Graduate Will Go the Distance to Care for Children and Their Families

One foot in front of the other. That’s the mindset Taylor Santangelo used to break two cross-country running records in high school, and what she thinks now as a clinical assistant in the pediatric intensive care unit when she faces children with acute and chronic conditions.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 09, 2023
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Students

Former US Army Senior Combat Medic Applies War Experience to Become a Better Nurse

The enemy was relentless. In the Middle East in 2013, the Taliban fired weapons with bullets that could pierce the armored vehicles carrying Sgt. Billy Schwartz (aka “Doc”) and his fellow soldiers. The terrorists packed their vehicles with explosives and drove them at Schwartz’s US Army convoy. Tours of duty between Iraq and Afghanistan can make it challenging for soldiers’ transitioning from military to civilian life.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 04, 2023
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Students

Practice Makes Perfect: What Piano Playing and the DNP Program Have in Common

As someone who has played piano since the age of 5, Ann Hefel likens part of her nursing education to mastering a musical composition.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date May 02, 2023
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Students    Graduation

Congratulations Spring 2023 CU Nursing Graduates!

Unexpected and unforgettable are two words that describe our graduates, their accomplishments, and activities of the past few years.


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Students    Graduation

Out of the Comfort Zone: Zhane Conner’s Journey

When Zhane Conner, CNA, officially earns her bachelor of science in nursing degree from the University of Colorado College of Nursing on May 22, it will mark another chapter in a life dedicated to serving others. But finding that passion didn’t necessarily come easily.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date April 27, 2023
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U.S. News & World Report Ranks CU Nursing as the Top Master’s and DNP in Colorado

AURORA, Colo. (April 25, 2023) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus has been ranked among the 2023 Best Master’s in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs in Colorado and the nation by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News ranks schools according to a variety of objective factors, such as research activity, faculty resources, student excellence and qualitative ratings from experts.


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Students

Living the Dream

When Melissa Sanchez was 8 years old, her mother separated from her father and emigrated from Colombia, South America to Miami, FL with her four kids for a “better life, better future and better education,” says Sanchez. “The country is beautiful and lush but impoverished, crippled by corruption and guerilla warfare. And my mother did not see much of a future there for us.”


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date April 24, 2023
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Students

Dual Warrior: Black Belt Karate Student Gets Her Kicks From Nursing

Karate and nursing school may not seem to have much in common. However, both pursuits require consistent effort, a willingness to practice (and study), master skills, continuous learning, and a significant commitment of time, energy, and resources.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date April 20, 2023
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Students

Major Molly Bried Embodies “Be All You Can Be”

For Active-Duty Army Major, single mother of two boys, and University of Colorado College of Nursing graduate student pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Master of Public Health degrees at Anschutz Medical Campus, Molly Bried exemplifies the US Army slogan “Be all you can be.”


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date April 18, 2023
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Community

Helping Individuals Navigate Recovery, Pregnancy, and Early Parenthood

As a parent with a history of substance use, Britt Westmoreland knows what it’s like to welcome a new baby during a difficult time.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date April 17, 2023
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Alumni

Love, War, and Healthcare

Forty-eight hours after graduating from the University of Colorado School of Nursing in Denver with a bachelor of science degree in 1967, Mary Dempsey volunteered for the US Army. The new recruit was shipped to Chu Lai, Vietnam to nurse the wounded during the war's bloodiest year.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date April 11, 2023
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Education    Alumni

1898-1948: The Dawn of CU Nursing

In recent years, the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus rose to challenges of COVID-19 and rampant turnover in the healthcare workforce. Like other educational institutions, CU Nursing adapted to remote learning and safety protocols in response to a pandemic that tested the patience of students and faculty members.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date April 10, 2023
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Faculty

A Midwife Life: How Shannon Pirrie Finds Joy in Her Work

Shannon Pirrie, DNP ‘21, CNM ‘15, is living her best life right now.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date April 04, 2023
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Faculty

Not Just Kid’s Stuff: Jill Marks Leads CU Nursing’s AC PNP Specialty

As an advanced-practice nurse at Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Neuroscience Institute, Jill Marks, DNP ’19, MSN, BSN, gets tremendous satisfaction in caring for children with acute and chronic neurologic illness or injury.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date March 30, 2023
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Education    Community    Faculty   

Conference to Focus on Advocacy, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

One of the most-anticipated veterans and military healthcare conferences in the Western Region will return to the Anschutz Medical Campus, April 21-23, 2023.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date March 27, 2023
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Alumni    Students

Residencies Help New Grads Transition from Student to Nurse

When Brittney Fuller (BSN ’22, RN) and Amanda Worley (BSN ’22, RN) graduated from the University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus in May 2022, they had the knowledge they needed to be nurses. Yet, both preferred to transition into their careers gradually with more support and experience.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date March 21, 2023
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Faculty    Alumni    Hot Topic

Hot Topics in Nursing: Taking it to the Streets

On a cold January day, five volunteers bundled in heavy coats and boots stomped around the snow in a remote area of Aurora looking for people experiencing homelessness who may need medical care. The volunteers are part of a team called CU Street Medicine that makes old-fashioned house calls for “rough sleepers” wherever they are; in parks, under bridges, along trails, and on sidewalks.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date March 20, 2023
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Students

Bay Area Doctoral Student Focuses on Veterans’ Health Through a Mindful Lens

Complementary and integrative medicine modalities such as acupuncture, chiropractic care, massage therapy, and clinical hypnosis are increasingly available within the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, and Caitlin Hildebrand, NP, is helping to lead their roll-out.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date March 16, 2023
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Alumni   

CU’s first Black nurse defied racism, withstood disease and made history serving others

Seventeen years before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired masses in Washington with his speech, “I Have a Dream,” a young Black woman nicknamed Zippy in Denver was already living her dream. In 1946, ‘Zippy’ Zipporah Parks Hammond became the first Black woman to graduate with a bachelor of science degree from the University of Colorado School of Nursing.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date March 14, 2023
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Education    Faculty

Celebrating 125 Years of CU Nursing

The University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus is celebrating a major milestone this year, and we invite you to celebrate with us! Throughout much of 2023, we will observe our “quasquicentennial” – also known as our 125th anniversary.


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Students    Hot Topic

Six Strategies to Afford Rising College Costs – from a Student Who’s Been There*

It may take Alex Morgan years after graduation to pay off tens of thousands of dollars in college loans. The 24-year-old senior at the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus has taken out 25 grants and loans to pursue two bachelor of science degrees. One in biology and the second in nursing. While it may be more debt than other students have, they all face rising college tuition in the next four years, according to MEFA. Tuition at a national public four-year college for in-state residents will cost an average $24,000 this year and rise to more than $26,000 per year in 2026.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date March 06, 2023
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Alumni

2023 CU Nursing Alumni Association Awards

With great pleasure, we announce the 2023 recipients of the CU College of Nursing Alumni Association Awards.


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Black History Month: CU Nursing Alumnae Share Experiences During Panel Discussion

Celebrating Black History Month, the CU Nursing Alumni Association and Future Voices hosted an often-emotional panel discussion highlighting diversity and inclusion, on February 24 at the Fulginiti Pavilion at the Anschutz Medical Campus.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 27, 2023
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Alumni

CU Nursing Alumna/Faculty Take Psychiatry Training Program to the Next Level

After going through clinical rotations at the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry, CU Nursing alums Sarah Schwenk and Leslie Choi aspired to make their training program even better.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 24, 2023
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Alumni

Harms’ Way: CU Alumna Takes Leap to Next Phase of Career

Lindsey Harms’ nursing career was essentially born after she observed the miracle of birth in 2002.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 23, 2023
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Faculty   

LAMP© Survey to Shed Light on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are fundamentally, inextricably, and integrally linked to the University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus’s present and future. CU College of Nursing’s DEI goal is to prepare nurses to be culturally responsive, and to demonstrate cultural humility while providing compassionate, person-centered care.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 22, 2023
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Faculty

Teaching Advanced-Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Care to Grad Students

Mental health is having a moment right now for a lot of the wrong reasons.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 21, 2023
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Students

CU Nursing Grad Student Hears Calling to Child Welfare

Working in the child welfare system gave Laurie Andrews, MA, BSN, RN, an affinity for the parents and children she serves.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 17, 2023
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Alumni    Students

The Buddy System: Why Cohort Friendships Matter

Many things will come and go over a 30-year timespan, but friendships make an enduring impression.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 16, 2023
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Education    Alumni

The Secret to Passing the NCLEX RN Exam on Your First Try

After graduating from the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus in December of 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, Christopher Battelli faced the ultimate test – trying to pass the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX). Without it, he wouldn’t be able to work as a registered nurse. He took online preparatory courses, listened to podcasts and studied for hours.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date February 08, 2023
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Education    Faculty

CU College of Nursing Helps Nurses Pioneer New Healthcare Roles in Switzerland

The University of Colorado College of Nursing at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus is collaborating with the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland and making history. CU Nursing is teaching Swiss nurses advanced practice nursing skills to meet a critical shortage of healthcare professionals facing an aging, sicker population.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date February 07, 2023
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Alumni

CU Nursing Alumna Shares Alarming Findings on Adolescent Mental Health, Suicide

While earning her PhD in Nursing Science at the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Suzanne E. Courtwright, PhD (’21), MSN, PNP, received several awards and honors. Among them: the Dean’s Early Scholar Award (2017); the Joan Hess Scholarship Award (2018) and the Nancy Hester Scholarship Award (2020).


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 06, 2023
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Education    Alumni

The Case for Caring Science: Keynote Speaker Embraces CU Nursing’s Legacy

With academic roots tied to the University of Colorado College of Nursing, Marlaine Smith, RN, PhD, said she considered Monday’s keynote presentation a homecoming.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date February 01, 2023
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Faculty

On the Shoulders of Pediatric Nursing Giants

Cassie Fishbein leads the program that’s regarded as the birthplace of nurse practitioners. Founded by Loretta “Lee” Ford and Henry Silver in 1965, the University of Colorado’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care program was the first of its kind.


Author College of Nursing Marketing | Publish Date January 31, 2023
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Education    Community   

Innovative Nursing Program to Build 4 Corners Workforce

Coloradans rightfully expect their colleges and universities to educate students and address critical needs facing our state. A new collaboration between Fort Lewis College and the University of Colorado not only does both, but is also a unique, cost-effective effort that can significantly impact a regional and national problem.


Author Op-ed | Publish Date January 30, 2023
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Students

Following Her Passion: Undergrad Finds Home in Colorado, CU Nursing

When you identify as a queer while growing up in a small, socially conservative town, you are highly motivated to live where you fit in. Fortunately, Tessa Cocchiara found herself, and her people, in other parts of the world – eventually landing in Colorado.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date January 27, 2023
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Press Releases

U.S. News & World Report Ranks CU Nursing #10

AURORA, Colo. (January 24, 2023) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus has been ranked among the 2023 Best Online Master’s in Nursing and Leadership Programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report.


Author College of Nursing Marketing | Publish Date January 24, 2023
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Faculty

CU Nursing Faculty Honored for “Bedside Manner”

Two former English lit majors turned nurse-midwives will be awarded the Bedside Manner Award from the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date January 23, 2023
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Faculty

New Year/New You: Reflections on Nutrition and Exercise

At this point, those who resolved to lose weight in 2023 are either trending in the right direction, discouraged, or they’ve given up.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date January 18, 2023
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Faculty

5 Takeaways on Midwifery’s Past, Present and Future

If midwifery is one of the oldest professions in the world, why aren’t there more midwives? What do midwives do in addition to helping families give birth? How could midwifery solve problems we’re seeing in high maternal mortality rates and the healthcare labor shortage?


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date January 17, 2023
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Students

Kicking Off a Career: CU Nursing Student Scores with PNP-Primary Care Program

Soccer is still fresh on the minds of fans in the aftermath of the World Cup, but it’s always close to Jordan Knickerbocker’s heart.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date January 06, 2023
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Faculty

The Strength of a Woman: Professor Shares Love for Bodybuilding, Midwifery

Nurse-midwifery encourages patients to tap into their strengths before, during and after childbirth. In a sense, Jessica Anderson, DNP ‘17, CNM, channels that special kind of energy by competing in statewide bodybuilding competitions.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date January 05, 2023
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Faculty    Students   

Celebrating the 2022 CU Nursing Alumni Association DAISY Awardees

Join us in celebrating Taylor Santangelo and Michelle Jhong, the CU Nursing Alumni Association DAISY Awardees for 2022.


Author Katelyn Nolan | Publish Date January 04, 2023
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Alumni   

Breaking Language and Cultural Barriers in Transplant Care

Growing up in a Spanish-speaking family, Gladiz Martinez, AG-CNS ’20, BSN ’08, often served as a reluctant family interpreter.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date January 02, 2023
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Faculty

Beyond the ‘Crisis Mode’: What Mass Shootings Taught One CU Nursing Professor

Headlines about mass shootings – such as the recent massacre at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs – trigger difficult memories for Mary Beth Flynn Makic, PhD ‘07, CNS.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 23, 2022
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Students

Public Health Nursing in The Last Frontier

You can’t complain about your commute after meeting Claire Geldhof. The dual-degree student with the University of Colorado College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice and Colorado School of Public Health, takes courses online from her home in Alaska, sometimes jumping on seaplanes, and boats; walking when the roads end to take care of patients living in the bush.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date December 21, 2022
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Faculty

Dealing with Grief During the Holidays

Between gatherings with friends and family – and the “expectation” of joyfulness – the holiday season can be fraught with stress, even in the happiest of times. For those grieving the loss of a loved one, a broken relationship or a career setback, the season can be especially challenging.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 20, 2022
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Faculty    Alumni    Students

CU College of Nursing’s Top 5 Stories of 2022

We might remember 2022 as a year when we started to rebuild from the most serious public health crisis of our time.


Author College of Nursing Marketing | Publish Date December 19, 2022
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Students

CU Nursing AGNP-PC Student Awarded Fellowship

Weeks before she graduates with a master’s degree from the  University of Colorado College of Nursing on December 17, Caitlin Hinz, BSN-RN, started participating in a fellowship that will prepare her for the next phase of her career. Hinz recently was awarded a Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) fellowship by the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 15, 2022
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Students

Embracing the Life Cycle: Grad Aims to Blend Caring Science with Acute Care

One can experience some profound existential moments while riding a road bike up and down the Western Slope. For Kari Weirath, who co-owns a bicycle shop in Grand Junction with her husband, such moments became more frequent after completing her PhD in Caring Science at the University of Colorado College of Nursing in August and pondering the direction of her career of serving others.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 15, 2022
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Students

The Dance of Life: CU Nursing Student Finds Her Groove in Zumba and Nursing

Whoever has danced up a sweat during a Zumba class knows what it’s like to work hard and play hard at the same time.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 14, 2022
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Students

Congratulations Fall/Winter 2022 CU Nursing Graduates!

Unexpected and unforgettable are two words that describe our graduates, their accomplishments, and activities of the past few years. We know it’s been challenging, and you and your classmates have stepped up during these extraordinary times.


Author College of Nursing Marketing | Publish Date December 13, 2022
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New marching orders for CU Nursing grad: train VA employees to better relate to veterans

Darcie Greuel is earning much more than a master of science degree with a concentration in Veteran and Military Health Care at the University of Colorado College of Nursing this December. The education also led her to create a quality improvement project that could ultimately change the way all employees in the Veterans Health Administration understand the veterans they serve.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date December 13, 2022
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Students

First-Generation College Graduate Pays It Forward to Hispanic Community

First-generation college graduate Lori Duarte, RN, can’t seem to get enough education. With a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in liberal arts, her career and educational journey ultimately led her to nursing.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 12, 2022
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Students

Hitting the Ground Running: DNP Student Applies Teachings to Healthcare Organization

In her role as a nurse practitioner, Amy Loomis (MSN ’16, AGNP-C) has established an impressive early career caring for older people. The daughter of a nurse, you could say her calling runs in the family.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 09, 2022
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Students

A Natural-Born Nurse: Brooke Ingle Discovered Her Acumen for Caregiving the Hard Way

Thriving in chaos seems to be what Brooke Ingle does best. So naturally, she decided to become a nurse.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 08, 2022
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Students

An Expert in Her Field: CU Nursing Student Builds on Her Military Experience

As far as her nursing passion is concerned, Margaret Buenemann’s life began in her 40s when she was commissioned as a U.S. Army Reserve nurse.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 07, 2022
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Students

Finding Her Religion: UCAN Student Takes a Leap of Faith to Nursing Career

Becca Feldman earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from CU Boulder in 2016, but she found her true calling in healthcare while working as a medical assistant for an ear, nose and throat specialist. Though much of her job was administrative, she got to help with some surgical procedures and remove stitches.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 06, 2022
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Faculty

From Patient Care to Healthcare: How Data-Driven Students Can Help Heal Both

Nurses, facing challenges to providing high-quality care to their patients, will now have the opportunity to improve outcomes by using data to inform decisions. The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado College of Nursing on the Anschutz Medical Campus have come together to offer a Master’s Degree in Business Analytics (MSBA), with a specialized track in healthcare.


Author Anneli Gray | Publish Date December 05, 2022
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Students

Shedding Light on Diabetes: CU Graduate Studies Insulin Resistance

Between residing in various rugged locations and earning numerous nursing-related degrees, diabetes has been a constant in Alicia Le Pard’s life.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 05, 2022
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Students

From Breweries to the Bedside: Joshua Maner Scales Peaks in Work and Life

An avid climber, Joshua Maner figuratively rappelled from managing breweries to nursing in a fairly short time span. His life’s journey traversed from a 200-acre farmhouse in Tennessee to the East Coast, and finally to Colorado.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 02, 2022
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Faculty

Full Circle in the Front Range

Shelly Fischer, PhD, RN, CNE may be a newcomer to her role, but she’s no stranger to the Front Range, healthcare leadership, and the University of Colorado College of Nursing.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date December 01, 2022
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Alumni   

Alumna Blends Native American Healing Traditions with Western Medicine

“I knew at a young age that I wanted to be a doctor or a person who could help others heal,” says CU Nursing alumna Michelle Kahn-John, PhD ‘14, MSN ’00, who comes from a long line of medicine women and men from the Navajo (Diné) Nation, Big Water Clan (Tó’tsohnii) of Fort Defiance, AZ.


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date November 28, 2022
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Alumni    Students

University of Colorado College of Nursing Takes Worry, Fear Out of Earning Degrees and Reaching Goals

Krystal Hidalgo was born during a short and cold winter in El Paso, Texas on the Mexican border to a struggling single mother of two. A gambler might have bet against her success, but would have lost. Today, after attending two unique educational pathways at the University of Colorado College of Nursing, Hidalgo is a Registered Nurse, has earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, and is working on an advanced Master of Science degree.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date November 22, 2022
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Faculty

The Accidental Tourist: Emergency Landing Leads to Lasting Friendship

Empathy is often helpful – particularly in healthcare and education. It is also a characteristic that University of Colorado College of Nursing Associate Professor Deborah Kenny, PhD, RN, tries to model in her classroom.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date November 14, 2022
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Students

Long-Distance Dedication: Student Pursues Nurse-Midwifery Program from Utah

You might say that Brittan Hosner, RN, discovered nursing by accident – specifically, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident when she was only 13.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date November 11, 2022
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Alumna Marilyn (Dee) Ray, PhD, FAAN, remembers her nursing inspirations

Marilyn Ray, BSN Class of 1968 and MSN Class of 1969, found nursing when her father fell ill and was hospitalized in her birth country of Canada. “I was amazed by the nurses who cared for him,” she remembers. “They saved his life.” From that experience, Ray began to visualize herself as a nurse and felt motivated to enroll in a diploma program at St. Joseph Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario in 1958.


Author Katelyn Nolan | Publish Date November 02, 2022
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Faculty    Hot Topic

Hot Topics in Nursing: Accredited Nursing Programs Open Doors to Quality Education, State Licensing and Good Jobs

Accreditation matters. Whether you want to transfer to another school, take the state NCLEX licensing exam or get a great job in nursing, choosing an accredited nursing program is critically important for students. It can be the difference between success and failure.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date October 31, 2022
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Students

Exploring the Healing Power of Pets

From a young age, Anne Ingalls Gillespie, MSN, RN, cared deeply about animals and sick children.

“Growing up, kids would bring me injured birds and bunnies, and I would always try to fix them,” she remembers. “Originally, I wanted to be a veterinarian; but when I went to college I volunteered with a camp for children with cystic fibrosis, and I knew then that I wanted to help kids with chronic illnesses.”


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date October 28, 2022
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Students    Health equity   

On Health & Equity: PhD Student Anthony Velasco Focuses on LGBTQ+ Communities

Just as Anthony Velasco’s healthcare research regarding the LGBTQ+ community is interesting, important, and unique, so is Anthony Velasco, NP.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date October 24, 2022
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Faculty

3 for the Books: CU Nursing Faculty Make International Inroads in Publishing

Dating back to the 18th century, academic textbooks are still an essential part of the educational experience. Contributing to that vast canon of knowledge, several faculty members at University of Colorado College of Nursing authored and/or edited textbooks that are read and studied worldwide.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date October 19, 2022
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Students

Go West, Young Nurse: Family Health Inspires Sam Moldo’s Professional Journey

Caring for the sick is the “calling” that nurses hear when embarking on their careers. Sam Moldo, RN, first heard that call at a young age after his mother was seriously injured in an automobile accident.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date October 18, 2022
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Students

Grad Student Enjoys a Challenge in Work and Life

Allie Kraybill is not someone who travels on the path of least resistance. Growing up in Wilmington, N.C., she rode horses competitively through high school and college. As a junior in high school, Kraybill took the first step on a nursing path that has zigzagged from North Carolina to Minnesota to Colorado.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date October 10, 2022
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Students

Student’s Local Roots Led Her to Nurse-Midwifery Program

From a strictly geographical standpoint, Stephanie Brooks, RN, BSN, hasn’t ventured very far. But in terms of her life, education, and career, she’s explored many new and exciting places.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date October 05, 2022
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Students

CU Nursing Student Challenges Nurse-Midwifery Gender Norms

The first thing most people might notice about Eric Alvarez, RN, SNM, as he listens attentively to a nurse-midwifery lecture, is that he seems to be the only guy in the room.

Historically, there are far fewer men in the nursing profession than women. According to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 12% of working nurses are men. Percentage-wise, just 6% percent of nurse-midwives are men.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date October 04, 2022
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Students

Daughter’s Birth Inspired Nurse-Midwifery Student’s Journey

Jessica Dean, BSN, was long intrigued by the field of nurse-midwifery, but the birth of her daughter made her a true believer.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date October 03, 2022
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Students    Giving

Scholarship Honors One Nurse’s Legacy, Helps Future Nurses

Helen Duff Reagan passed away in 1992, but her spirit lives – thanks to a scholarship established by her daughter, retired healthcare executive Kate Paul.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date September 27, 2022
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Faculty    Hot Topic

Hot Topics in Nursing: How Simulation Saved Graduation

In March 2020, COVID-19 forced university students around the country to quarantine at home and learn online. That was a disaster for healthcare students who could no longer practice in clinics and earn the hours required to graduate. Faculty at the University of Colorado College of Nursing had to pivot. They expanded simulation training for students to practice with lifelike mannequins, virtual reality, task trainers, and other methods to complete their clinical rotations and earn their degrees.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date September 26, 2022
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Faculty

Tammy Spencer Named NLN ‘Nurse Educator of the Year’

In the 33 years she’s taught at the University of Colorado College of Nursing, Tammy Spencer, DNP, RN, earned numerous awards. Spencer was the recipient of the CU President’s Teaching Award 14 times and two-time winner of the Chancellor’s Teaching Award. She also received the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award early in her career in 1991.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date September 14, 2022
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Faculty

CU College of Nursing’s Laura Rosenthal Visits The White House

A month ago, I got an invitation from The White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE) to tour the East Wing while meeting with a small and exclusive group of individuals who are helping to change healthcare in the United States.


Author Laura Rosenthal | Publish Date September 09, 2022
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Alumni    Students

Adventures in Nursing: Finding Passion in Acute Care

Kate Redlinger fondly remembers the time when her mother was called away from a family gathering to take care of another family’s emergency.

“One Christmas Eve she got called in because there was an ectopic pregnancy and she had to save a woman’s life,” Redlinger recalls. “Despite the interruption of the holiday plans, I thought that was very cool.”


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date September 06, 2022
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Clinical Affairs   

Period of Transition

For children with pediatric-onset chronic conditions, the relationships they form early on with their doctors and care team members often turn out to be among the most important connections of their young lives.

Years later, when those youth are on the cusp of adulthood and required to transition to adult care, the doctor-patient relationship becomes even more important, and thoughtful transition of care is critical. The growing field of transitional care encourages collaboration among doctors to help young patients effectively manage the shift from pediatric to adult care, to encourage those patients to play a greater part in their own health care, and to improve health care systems to make those transitions more seamless.


Author Greg Glasgow | Publish Date September 02, 2022
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Education    Community   

Building Bridges to Prevent People from ‘Jumping Off’ Bridges

Kevin Hines’ life certainly should have ended the day he threw himself off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

Fortunately, he had a revelation the millisecond he took the jump and lived to tell his story with the mission of educating and inspiring others on what literally pushed him to the edge and what he’s learned through surviving.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date September 01, 2022
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Press Releases

University of Colorado College of Nursing’s Center for Midwifery is Designated as an American Academy of Nursing Edge Runner

AURORA, Colo. (August 30, 2022) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus is pleased to announce that its Center for Midwifery has been designated as an Edge Runner by the American Academy of Nursing.


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Community    Clinics   

HHS Regional Director Visits CU Nursing’s Sheridan Health Services

Regional Director for Region 8 of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Lily Griego visited Sheridan Health Services on Thursday, Aug. 25. Griego shared ideas with the clinic’s staff and other stakeholders on issues ranging from vaccine hesitancy in rural underserved communities to building a more diverse and inclusive healthcare workforce.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date August 29, 2022
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Alumni

CU Nursing Alumni Association Board of Directors Names New Members

The University of Colorado College of Nursing Alumni Association Board of Directors is excited to announce three new members: Etzany (Etzy) Diaz Ocampo, Kelsey McDonald Gibson, and Sarah Daley.


Author Katelyn Nolan | Publish Date August 26, 2022
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Education   

Urban-Rural Partnership Receives $1.7M Grant From Colorado Health Foundation

An innovative partnership between Durango-based Fort Lewis College and the University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus recently got a significant gift from the Colorado Health Foundation.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date August 16, 2022
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Education    Faculty

A 21st Century Renaissance Man: Sean M. Reed Puts Diverse Experience to Work

Curiosity led Sean M. Reed, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN, FCNS, SGAHN, through a unique labyrinth of careers and interests -- including business, massage therapy, nursing, research and education.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date August 11, 2022
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Students    Global health nursing

Guatemala Course Helps Undergraduates Connect With Global Health

“Any global health experience helps you realize the commonalities and differences in healthcare throughout the world,” says Shannon Pirrie, DNP, CNM, Specialty Director of the Nurse-Midwife program at CU College of Nursing. “It’s pretty eye-opening to see the work folks do in other countries with much less resources and education than we have.”


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date August 05, 2022
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Faculty    Veteran and Military Health

Veteran Serves Veterans: Retired Army Col. Lori Trego’s Road From Deployment to Advocacy

Serving in the military and being deployed twice (once to Iraq and once to Afghanistan) profoundly influenced (Retired) Col. Lori Trego’s perspective and her life’s work.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date August 04, 2022
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Faculty    Students

Two CU Nursing Faculty, Alumnus Among 2022 AAN Fellows

The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) selected University of Colorado College of Nursing faculty Rosario Medina and Heather Coats and alumnus Lt. Col. Christopher Stucky among 250 distinguished nurse leaders to be inducted into the 2022 Class of Fellows.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date August 01, 2022
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Press Releases

University of Colorado College of Nursing Awarded IDEAS Grant to Build Study Abroad Capacity

AURORA, Colo. (July 28, 2022) -- The University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus has been selected to receive funding support from the U.S. Department of State’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program.


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CU Nursing Students Going to Washington for AACN Conference

 

All-expense-paid trips aren’t generally listed among the many benefits of pursuing an advanced degree at the University of Colorado College of Nursing. However, there are exceptions -- as Nylah Bass, RN, BSN and Charlotte Weiss, MSN, RN, ACNP, recently learned.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date July 27, 2022
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Research    Students    COMBAT

All In the Line of Duty: Raiza Deyto Named First CU Nursing COMBAT Scholar

Growing up as a Filipino American in Milpitas, Calif., Capt. Raiza Deyto RN, BSN, wanted to walk a different path than her predecessors who gravitated to the nursing field.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date July 20, 2022
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Faculty    Hot Topic

Hot Topics in Nursing: It’s OK to not be OK

The pandemic left nurses across the country physically worn out, emotionally exhausted, and asking themselves if it’s worth it. In a survey by the American Organization for Nursing leadership, 36% of nurse managers admitted they are not emotionally healthy. One out of every two nurses has thought about quitting. That’s why the University of Colorado College of Nursing has made mental health and wellness a top priority.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date July 18, 2022
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Faculty

Project To Examine How Fatigue Affects Decision-Making

Long before “burnout” became an occupational epidemic, its precursor “fatigue” held a grip on healthcare professionals struggling to maintain their energy during lengthy and difficult shifts.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date July 15, 2022
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Faculty

From the ICU to the Virtual Classroom: Angela Pal’s Nursing Journey

Between two coasts, four universities, five employers and 7-year-old twins, CU College of Nursing Assistant Professor Dr. Angela Pal, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, certainly packed several lifetimes of learning and experience into the last 30 years.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date July 11, 2022
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Students

Bioengineering and Nursing Students Collaborate to Test Devices, Improve Patient Outcomes

When University of Colorado College of Nursing student Rebecca Feldman was delivering hydromorphone through an intravenous drip to an injured patient, the new medical device she was using started flashing “Occluded! Occluded!” For a moment, she didn’t know what to do. Fortunately, it was just a test. Feldman was taking part in an exercise with other nursing and bioengineering students at the University of Colorado to test medical devices and improve healthcare.


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date July 07, 2022
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Alumni

Remembering Ann Smith: A Pioneering Nurse Practitioner

One of the very first Pediatric Nurse Practitioner graduates in the country, Ann Noordenbos Smith (BS ’64, MS ’65, PhD ’88), helped lay the groundwork for advanced nursing practices which now cover nearly every discipline in healthcare.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date July 06, 2022
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Community    Alumni    Hot Topic

Hot Topics in Nursing: How the Pandemic Changed School Nursing in Aurora

“It was the most exhaustive, exhilarating, creative, awful, collaborative work I’ve ever done.” So says the lead nurse consultant in Aurora Public Schools Health Services after two years of a global pandemic in one of the largest school districts in the state.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date June 13, 2022
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Community    Alumni

CU Nursing Legends Credited for Developing National Residency Model

Two highly regarded nursing leaders with ties to the University of Colorado College of Nursing are credited with pioneering the widespread adoption of nurse residency programs (NRPs). An article in the Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing paid tribute to the groundbreaking work of Colleen Goode, PhD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC, and Mary Krugman, PhD, FAAN, NEA-BC, for building what has become a national model that has helped nursing graduates segue to their chosen profession.


Author Bob Mook | Publish Date June 09, 2022
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Alumni

Adventures in Nursing -- From the Bedside to Behind the Scenes

Emily Reyes has been working in nursing informatics for several years but knew she needed to earn her master’s degree if she wanted to advance in her career. “Even though I was already doing the work, I needed more theory and evidence behind what I was doing to take on higher leadership roles,” says Reyes.


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date June 01, 2022
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Students

Graduating Nurse Who Sings will Raise Her Voice for Preventive Care

She’s a little bit caring and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll. Jessi Ridinger, a former lead singer and classic rock radio disc jockey, is graduating from the University of Colorado College of Nursing in May 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. As a nurse, she will raise her voice to advocate for preventive health and mental health care.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 27, 2022
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Students

Celine’s Anatomy

While most middle school students watch movies like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the Incredibles, 12-year-old Celine Lumowa watched the TV drama Grey’s Anatomy and YouTube videos of surgeries. So, it was no surprise to anyone in her family that the University of Colorado College of Nursing student who is graduating this month with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing is going to be a surgical nurse in operating rooms.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 26, 2022
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Graduating Student Finds Calm in the Storm

Some people will bleed from gunshots. Others won’t be able to breathe. Still more will be rushed into emergency rooms with broken bones, heart attacks, and infections. Elizabeth Phelps, about to graduate from the University of Colorado College of Nursing with a bachelor of science degree in nursing, understands working in trauma care will be intense, thrilling, and exhausting.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 25, 2022
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Congratulations Spring 2022 CU Nursing Graduates!

Unexpected and unforgettable are two words that describe the past two years. 2021 and 2022 will be remembered as unique. We know it’s been challenging, and you and your classmates have stepped up during these extraordinary times.


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For this Air Force Major, “Be All That You Can Be” Is Not Just a Slogan

Corrie Secord is the first to admit that her path to midwifery was a rambling one. “I was a senior in high school when 9/11 occurred and was already set up to enlist when it happened,” said Secord.


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date May 24, 2022
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Alumni   

Karen Zink, MSN, APRN

Many women in southwest Colorado have Karen Zink, CNP, MS, to thank for providing medical care that wouldn’t have been available without her.


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Students

Graduating Student, 41, Proves it’s Never Too Late to Pursue Dreams

Sometimes, the path to success isn’t so clear. At least not for April Gosling. The 41-year-old is about to walk across the stage at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and grab hold of a hard-fought degree in Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). She’s graduating with the college’s highest distinction Summa Cum Laude.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 21, 2022
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Community    Women's Health   

Suicide, Drug Overdose Top Killers of New Mothers in Colorado

Affected patients describe being gripped by “profound sadness” or “paralyzed” by bouts of anxiety and exhaustion. The feelings of perinatal mood disorders, which often result in a sense of hopelessness, strike mothers during what should be one of the happiest times of their lives.


Author Debra Melani | Publish Date May 20, 2022
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Students

Former Foster Child Earns PhD, Vows to Help Other Vulnerable People

From foster child to doctor of philosophy. Dawn Taylor is about to earn the highest academic degree despite the lowest possible start in life. Even as she graduates this month from the University of Colorado College of Nursing with a PhD in Caring Science, she’s remembering where she began and how far she still wants to go.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 20, 2022
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Students

Air Force Made Career in Nursing and Midwifery Possible

“On my first day of training, I couldn’t do a single push-up,” says Major Caroline Hill who at age 18 joined the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Her introduction to the Corps was pure luck.


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date May 19, 2022
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Students

The Student Who had Three Lives

In the middle of an uprising in 2011, Upasana Nepal and her family fled their homeland; one of the poorest countries in the world that’s their namesake, Nepal. Under a United Nation’s program, the family landed in Aurora where they made a new life. But she’s never forgotten her past.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date May 18, 2022
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Press Releases

Kate Coleman-Minahan Joins Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program at UC Davis Nursing School

AURORA, Colo. (May 16, 2022) – Kate Coleman-Minahan, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, assistant professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing is one of 12 nurse scientists accepted to the third cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.


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Faculty    Diversity    Hot Topic

Hot Topics in Nursing: Diversity in Healthcare

When you go to the hospital today, your nurse will most likely be female and white despite a growing multiracial population in the United States. The most recent National Nursing Workforce survey shows nearly 90% of registered nurses (RN) are female and 81% are Caucasian. The largest minority in the RN workforce is Asian at 7.2%.


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Community    COVID-19    Faculty

Art Representing Life: Pediatric Nurses Share Their Pandemic Stories Through Unique Art

A faceless angel with long dark hair glides toward heaven in a sky of blue and green leaving sparks of light in her wake. Hundreds of folded paper cranes in the shape of a flower, poetry, time capsules and musical compositions – comprise an exhibit of the human spirit. The exhibition, Seen and HeardThe Sacred Stories of Pediatric Nurses During the Pandemic, is part of a study that examined what 30 pediatric nurses experienced during 15 of the worst months of COVID-19.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date April 25, 2022
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Press Releases   

CU College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus partners with Fort Lewis College to offer undergraduate nursing program in Durango

Fort Lewis College (FLC) and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have announced a new partnership to create a four-year undergraduate degree in nursing, bringing the state’s flagship medical institute of higher education to the rural and Indigenous-serving campus of Southwest Colorado.


Author Kelsea Pieters | Publish Date February 09, 2022
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Patient Care    Education    Faculty   

CU Street Medicine Connects Students with Opportunities to Aid People Experiencing Homelessness

Patient care doesn’t always happen within four walls or in buildings with controlled climates and cupboards full of supplies. Sometimes it happens in a parking lot, on the sidewalk, by a trail – wherever a person with need happens to be.


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date October 28, 2021
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