There are 9 article(s) tagged UTHSC College of Nursing:

• October 2023

  • International nurses travel to Memphis to learn about sickle cell

    Education about the sickle cell disease in nursing schools is limited, so the University of Tennessee Health Science Center launched Sickle Cell Nursing Boot Camp.

    By Aisling Mäki October 30, 2023

  • After launch two years ago, UTHSC expanding its nurse-midwife program

    The nurse-midwifery program will graduate its first cohort of students in May 2024. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 11, 2023

• August 2023

  • Memphis nursing partnership’s big impact draws national attention

    Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will receive the Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

    By Aisling Mäki August 29, 2023

  • UTHSC College of Nursing adds partner schools to address workforce shortage

    To address the nationwide nursing shortage and increase diversity in the nursing profession, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has doubled its number of partner schools in the region. 

    By Aisling Mäki August 07, 2023

• March 2023

  • Conference to ‘holistically’ treat those affected by opioid misuse

    “The opioid crisis affects every single person in Tennessee, even those who don’t have personal or family issues related to opioid misuse disorder.”

    By Aisling Mäki March 02, 2023

• October 2022

  • UTHSC, Methodist tuition-free program offers fast track to nursing career

    The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that more than 275,000 additional nurses will be needed through 2030.

    By Aisling Mäki October 05, 2022

• August 2022

  • Tennessee plagued by maternity-care deserts

    More than a third of Tennessee counties are maternity-care deserts, meaning there are no hospitals providing obstetric care, no birth centers, no OB-GYNs and no certified nurse midwives, putting pregnant women in a possibly risky situation. 

    By Aisling Mäki August 17, 2022

• May 2022

  • 81 to receive Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees in UTHSC ceremony

    Nurses who earn the Doctor of Nursing Practice work as nurse practitioners who can provide patient-centered health care and solutions to the nation’s primary care shortage. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 08, 2022

• January 2020

  • 2020: Year of the nurse and midwife

    The UTHSC College of Nursing hopes to open a midwifery program by 2021. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists reports 49% of U.S. counties do not have obstetric care providers and predicts that by 2030, there will be a 25% shortage of obstetricians/gynecologists. 

    By Wendy Likes January 26, 2020