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“Sustained Adrenaline” Keeps this Student Going

“I haven’t slept since I turned 17,” says BS in Nursing student Chidozirim Stanudeze. When she graduates from CU Anschutz Medical Campus with her nursing degree in 2025, she will be one of the youngest in her class.


Author Dana Brandorff | Publish Date July 10, 2024
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“This Is a Huge Win for Us”

Lena Truong has a very personal connection to healthcare.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date May 16, 2024
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Finding Purpose

A few years ago, Jourdan Thompson felt lost when he returned home to Arvada after serving in the Marine Corps. He wasn’t sure how he would adjust to civilian life.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date May 14, 2024
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Finding Inspiration to Attend CU Nursing

A trailblazing University of Colorado College of Nursing alumna inspired Shashalee Sangster to earn her degree from the University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date May 13, 2024
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A Career Caring for Others

Madison Mey’s biological mother told her “You are a healer and will end up helping people in need”.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date May 07, 2024
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Navigating the Real World

It was a surreal moment for Danyelle Gilbert BSN (’21), RN, when she came to the University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus in February.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date April 11, 2024
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Building Trust with Patients

Daisy Espino Aguilar, a BS in Nursing student at the University of Colorado College of Nursing at Anschutz Medical Campus recently returned from a clinical immersion experience in Guatemala. She went to Guatemala with eight other students in the BS in Nursing Traditional (TRAD) Program for 13 days in February.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date March 25, 2024
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Being an Advocate for Latino Nurses

Valeria Martinez Tenreiro, RN, PMHNP, knows the American Dream is possible. She’s done it – and has been living out her dream of becoming an advanced practice nurse.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date March 15, 2024
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Pursuing Her Dreams

Arleny Muñoz donates blood whenever she can – and the first couple of times she donated, she nearly passed out because of the blood.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date December 12, 2023
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Sister’s Death Puts Student on Path to Nursing

Lenae Aragon openly admits she’s struggled with her mental health since she was young. A big part of this had to do with the death of her sister Sabrina, who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 16. Her sister struggled with mental health before she passed away.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date December 08, 2023
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Supporting Our Community’s Most Vulnerable

Claudia Martinez Antillon’s father is the main reason why she wanted to pursue a career in nursing.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date December 04, 2023
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Making a Difference

Mykell Fisher knows from personal experience how a nurse can make a difference in someone’s life and put them on a path to a career in healthcare.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date December 01, 2023
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“My Identity is Tied to Nursing”

Joe Martinez, BSN, MSN, had been working as a nurse for a decade providing direct patient care before he decided to change careers while still using his nursing skills. He worked in the ER, along with med-surg, home health, and telenursing, until he transitioned to a different side of the profession: healthcare technology.


Author Molly Smerika | Publish Date November 03, 2023
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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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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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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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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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Graduating Student Will Focus on Creating More Diversity in Nursing

War, terror, pain, death. It will change someone. It changed the course of Salwa Mourtada Bamba’s life when she was a child living with her family in Liberia, West Africa, and led her to study medicine in Colorado.


Author Deborah Sherman | Publish Date December 08, 2021
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