Press Releases

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | August 01, 2023

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | July 19, 2023

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | June 22, 2023

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | June 05, 2023

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | June 01, 2023

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | April 25, 2023

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | January 24, 2023

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | August 31, 2022

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | July 29, 2022

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.

College of Nursing Marketing | May 17, 2022

AURORA, Colo. (February 11, 2022) The Sheridan Health Services (SHS), a neighborhood community health center operated by the University of Colorado College of Nursing, has launched a program with the Arapahoe Library District to assist patients in using telehealth services.

College of Nursing Marketing | February 11, 2022

AURORA, Colo. (February 8, 2022) – 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.

College of Nursing Marketing | February 07, 2022

AURORA, Colo. (February 1, 2022) – Colleen Casper, RN, MS, DNP, is the 2022 recipient of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Award for Excellence for advocacy in the state of Colorado.

College of Nursing Marketing | February 03, 2022

AURORA, Colo. (January 31, 2022) While considerable funding has been spent to increase diversity in nursing programs, the number of non-white students in the United States only increased 6.6%, and ethnically diverse nursing faculty members increased just 5% in the last decade, according to a new article published in ScienceDirect.com, a multi-institution effort including researchers from the University of Colorado College of Nursing.

College of Nursing Marketing | January 31, 2022

Aurora, Colo. (January 25, 2022) – A major publisher has ranked the University of Colorado College of Nursing online Master’s in nursing and leadership programs as among the best in the nation.

College of Nursing Marketing | January 25, 2022

AURORA, Colo. (December 17, 2021) – A new study indicates 40% of midwives in the United States are burned out or stressed and exhausted, putting them at risk for making medical errors and missing necessary patient care.

College of Nursing Marketing | December 20, 2021

AURORA, Colo.(November 10, 2021) – Marnie McKercher, DNP, recently received recognition as the 2021 School Nurse Administrator of the Year, presented by the Colorado Association of School Nurses.

College of Nursing Marketing | November 15, 2021

AURORA, Colo.(November 4, 2021) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing is ranked the #31Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs,according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges rankings. This is the first time in the history of the rankings that the publication has rated undergraduate nursing programs.

College of Nursing Marketing | November 08, 2021

AURORA, Colo. (October 6, 2021) – A notable study compared nitrous oxide use for pain relief during labor at institutions located at sea level versus high altitude. To date, no other publication has evaluated the impact of altitude when administering nitrous oxide for pain relief during labor. The study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia, with obstetric anesthesiologist, Cristina Wood, MD as lead author, found the gas is safe to use for pain and relaxation for women in labor whether they live in Florida or Colorado.

College of Nursing Marketing | October 13, 2021

Aurora, CO (September 10, 2021) — A published study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has been selected by Mather Institute as a Silver Award recipient of the 2021 Innovative Research on Aging Awards.

College of Nursing Marketing | September 10, 2021

Aurora, CO (September 2, 2021) — A new supplement to the peer-reviewed journal Women’s Health Issues provides overviews of existing research on topics important to military women's health—ranging from sleep to sexual and reproductive health concerns—and identifies places where additional research and policy changes can improve health for this important population.

College of Nursing Marketing | September 03, 2021

AURORA, CO, 6/14/2021– The University of Colorado College of Nursing is proud to announce it has been awarded a new grant of $45,000 from Jonas Philanthropies, a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education. Matched by $45,000 of its own monies, the grant will fund the scholarship of three University of Colorado College of Nursing doctoral nursing students in 2021.

College of Nursing Marketing | June 15, 2021

AURORA, Colo. (June 14, 2021) – Even before patients overwhelmed emergency rooms with the novel coronavirus, nurses reported high levels of stress and depression, leading them to make more medical errors. In fact, a JAMA study reveals one-third of nurses who quit their jobs in 2018 cited burnout and a lack of good management and leadership as their reasons for leaving.

College of Nursing Marketing | June 14, 2021

Aurora, Colo. (May 13, 2021) -- While news headlines report a lack of oxygen worldwide is affecting our ability to help critically ill COVID-19 patients, historically respiratory disease is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States (CDC).

College of Nursing Marketing | May 14, 2021

AURORA, Colo. (May 12, 2021) – Researchers at the University of Colorado College of Nursing found that many of its graduate students suffered from increased stress after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

College of Nursing Marketing | May 12, 2021

AURORA, Colo. (April 19, 2021) – When COVID-19 swept across the world and wreaked havoc, students everywhere faced missing classes and graduation. But not in one program at the University of Colorado College of Nursing. Kim Paxton, DNP, APRN, developed a high-fidelity virtual simulation so nursing students could continue to learn reasoning skills, earn clinical hours, and attend their commencement ceremony.

College of Nursing Marketing | April 19, 2021

AURORA, Colo. (March 30, 2021 – Researchers at the University of Colorado College of Nursing have found that nearly one-quarter of graduate nursing students have reported elevated levels of stress, anxiety and depression, compounded in the past year by the COVID-19 pandemic.

College of Nursing Marketing | April 06, 2021

AURORA, Colo. (March 2, 2021) – Pregnant patients in Colorado may be told about parenting and adoption, but not abortion. This is according to a new study led by Kate Coleman-Minahan of the University of Colorado College of Nursing published in the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.

College of Nursing Marketing | March 03, 2021

Committed to advancing the field of palliative care, CU College of Nursing assistant professor Heather Coats joins 61 other scholars working to ensure people with serious illness and their caregivers live well.

See full press release: Sojourn 2020 Scholars PR 2021

College of Nursing Marketing | January 28, 2021

Aurora, Colo. (January 26, 2021) – A major publisher has ranked the University of Colorado College of Nursing online Master’s in nursing and leadership programs as among the top 20 best in the nation.

College of Nursing Marketing | January 26, 2021

AURORA, Colo. (Jan. 19, 2021) - Many patients with chronic disease may intend to follow their doctor’s orders to diet, take their medicine and exercise, but a new study finds that everyday life often gets in the way. When that happens, the study found patients can become stressed and overwhelmed and might lie about dosing or even create their own remedies.

College of Nursing Marketing | January 19, 2021

AURORA,Colo. (Oct. 9, 2020) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing faculty, in celebration of the Year of the Nurse-Midwife and National Midwifery Week, recently established the CU Nursing Midwifery Diversity Scholarship, specifically to provide support to diverse students who are from geographic areas and socioeconomic backgrounds that are historically underrepresented.

Dana Brandorff | October 14, 2020

AURORA, Colo. (Sept. 17, 2020) – Knowing where to turn for help is challenging for anyone. For military veterans it can be even more difficult than for the general public. A new resource guide compiled with the help of the Veteran and Military Healthcare Area of Excellence at the University of Colorado College of Nursing will help.

Dana Brandorff | September 17, 2020

AURORA, Colo. (Sept. 9, 2020) – Researchers at the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus found that a unique set of factors of the emergency department (ED) makes standard Clinical Decision Support (CDS) systems not as effective in helping to reduce antibiotic overprescribing in that environment.

College of Nursing Marketing | September 09, 2020

AURORA, Colo. (July 29, 2020) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing Dean Elias Provencio-Vasquez was recently appointed to a four-year term to the National Advisory Council on Nursing Research, a federal advisory council to the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Provencio-Vasquez is one of 15 members on the Council to advise, assist, and consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

College of Nursing Marketing | July 29, 2020

AURORA, Colo. (May 29, 2020) – Researchers at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and the School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology at the Anschutz Medical Campus found that the use of nitrous oxide (N2O) as a pain relief option for individuals in labor is safe for newborn children and laboring individual, and converting to a different form of pain relief such as an epidural or opioid is influenced by a woman’s prior birth history and other factors.

College of Nursing Marketing | June 01, 2020

AURORA Colo. (April 9, 2020) – Sheridan Health Services, a University of Colorado College of Nursing nurse-led clinic in the Denver metro area, recently received $584,045 from the federal government as part of its Health Center Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Funds, administered by the Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA).

Dana Brandorff | April 15, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas—(January 16, 2020) New research shows that pregnant teens who seek a judicial bypass for parental consent for abortion demonstrate reason and thoughtful decision-making and involve others, all while managing abortion stigma. This study, based on in-depth interviews of 20 teens who had sought judicial bypass in Texas between 2015 and 2016, was recently published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. The lead authors, from the University of Colorado, conducted the research as part of Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP).

College of Nursing Marketing | March 02, 2020

AURORA, Colo. (Februrary 19, 2020) – Many teens lost access to confidential family planning services in Texas due to family planning budget cuts and loss of Title X funds, says a new study led by the University of Colorado College of Nursing just published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Lack of clarity around parental consent laws, confusion among staff, and funding uncertainty made it more difficult for organizations to provide confidential, low-cost, and quality services to teens. This research suggests that contraception access for teens throughout the nation could worsen as new changes to Title X are implemented.

College of Nursing Marketing | February 19, 2020

LONGMONT, Colo. (Feb. 10, 2020) – The University of Colorado College of Nursing’s Center for Midwifery – Longmont (CFM-Longmont) practice is partnering with Mother’s Milk Bank (MMB) as one of the milk bank’s newest human milk donation locations in the Denver metro area, and the first in the city of Longmont. To celebrate, CFM-Longmont will be hosting a kick-off reception at 10 a.m. on Feb. 14 at 2030 Mountain View Avenue, Suite 400, which is open to the public. “This new site allows families in the Longmont and surrounding communities to donate human milk at a convenient location,” said Jessica Anderson, director of midwifery services with CU Nursing.

College of Nursing Marketing | February 10, 2020

AURORA, Colo. Aug. 22, 2019) – CU Center for Midwifery Longmont with Centura Health – Longmont United Hospital , a move aimed at ensuring that its families — who span Larimer, Weld and Boulder counties — continue receiving the patient -centered care they expect.

Dana Brandorff | August 22, 2019

Groundbreaking. A “must-read.” Written to change the way the DNP thinks. Those are descriptions of a new book created by CU Nursing faculty. Students, clinicians and instructors: Look for “Leadership and Systems Improvement for the DNP,” which releases on Aug. 1.​

Dana Brandorff | July 15, 2019