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On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Kent State University will once again participate in Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday serves as a day to reflect on philanthropy in a time of the year often focused on consumerism. As in years past, the College of Nursing will be featured as we work to raise additional support for our emergency fund the “Race into...
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Kent State University to go completely remote midway through the spring 2020 semester, College of Nursing lecturer Sarah Bixler, MSN, RN, knew she would need to get creative with her teaching methods. “I have two school-aged children at home whose world was also turned upside down. While I was managing their new...
Kent State University College of Nursing faculty researcher Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN (Principal Investigator), Tracey Motter, DNP (Co-Investigator), and Jennifer Shanholtzer, MSN, Ph.D. candidate, RN, CHSE (Simulation Director) were recently funded by the prestigious Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation with a year-long...
Dr. Jo Dowell, Ph.D., APRN, CNP, PNP, FNP-BC, CFNE, serves as Assistant Professor for the Kent State University College of Nursing and examines pediatric asthma and improving health outcomes for children who suffer from this disease. In a recent national report, Asthma Capitals 2019: The Most Challenging Places to Live with Asthma, the Asthma &...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kent State University College of Nursing was unable to host the 2020 Barbara Donaho Distinguished Leadership in Learning Award celebration in person this year. In accordance with Ohio’s social distancing recommendations, the outstanding preceptors were notified via email and their awards and nomination remarks were...
Please join us in congratulating the following individuals on their recent recognitions, publications, presentations, and awards. College Innovations Tracy Dodson, MSN, RN, with Drs. Chris Woolverton and Rick Ferdig, Andrew Snyder, and Janet Reed, MSN, RN, CMSRN, had their letter to the editor, “Re-purposing of Surgical Wrap Textiles for...
Drs. Denice Sheehan (Principal Investigator) and Pamela Stephenson (Co-Investigator) from the College of Nursing and Christopher Was (Co-Investigator) from the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University received a $421,993 grant award on April 30, 2020, from the National Institutes of Health...
Recent nursing alum, Shadi Kanan, Ph.D. ’20, along with Alena Miskinis, undergraduate student in Music and English, and Xiangxu “Shawn” Lin, a graduate student in Computer Science, made up the winning Mission Life team, Virtual Harmony, at Kent State University’s competition held in October 2019. Created to...
Welcome to the Kent State University College of Nursing. I am honored to work with dedicated faculty who inspire, challenge, and support our students in the classroom and clinical sites to prepare future nurses and scholars as leaders who excel in clinical and research settings. Our rigorous curriculum and strong community partnerships provide...
Bonnie Bartos, RN, BSN ’79, MS ’87, LFACHE 2016, dreamed of becoming a nurse from an early age. Reading the complete series of “Cherry Ames” nursing novels, along with every other nursing book she could find during her childhood, she hoped one day to be at the bedside. After beginning her nursing education at another institution, life...