Nursing News

Alumni Make an Impact through Roswell Park Nurse Residency Program
9/20/22
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo’s 120-year-old internationally recognized innovator in multidisciplinary approaches to cancer care, is making more advances in both nurse and patient experience thanks to their Nurse Residency Program.
Communication, whole health for youth focus of summit
9/19/22
More than 150 stakeholders gathered for the eighth annual WNY New American and Refugee Health Summit.
Concept-Based Curriculum to Address Oversaturation, Prepare More Confident New Nurses
9/16/22
The School of Nursing’s new CBC is a student-centered teaching approach that relies on teaching a major concept, such as perfusion, instead of attempting to teach the over 10,000 human disease processes and conditions seen in today’s health care environment.
UB postdoc named MOSAIC scholar
9/13/22
Inclusion in the NIH program to transition biomedical researchers from underrepresented groups into academic positions is “a dream come true” for Carleara Weiss.
UB ranked among top national universities in U.S. News & World Report
9/12/22
UB is No. 38 among public universities, according to the rankings.
Nursing Student Organization members provide health education at community health clinic
9/6/22
NSO President aims to increase nursing student presence in the community.
Adolescent peer sexual harassment associated with sadness, substance use
9/2/22
Cigarette and alcohol use higher on days youth are victimized, according to UB researchers
Susan Zannoni, DNP ‘15: Horizon Health Clinical Director of Children Services
8/15/22
Susan Zannoni, DNP ‘15, always wanted to be a nurse and work with children. As the clinical director of children’s services at Horizon Health, she can confidently say those dreams came true.
A glimpse into the profession
8/1/22
The School of Nursing's summer program gives high school students a taste of what it means to be a nurse.
Khloe Barlow’s Journey Through the Doctor of Nursing Practice Project: 4 Tips for Success
8/1/22
Khloe Barlow is a 2021 graduate of UB’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, which culminates in a final project that provides the opportunity for students to integrate newly learned skills into practice and to demonstrate how to apply principles of nursing practice scholarship.
AAMC awards UB national grant to teach health sciences students how to tackle, overcome medical disinformation
8/1/22
UB has been awarded an important grant from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) that supports teaching health sciences students how to dispel medical disinformation.
CO2 monitoring education improves nurses’ confidence
6/24/22
PICU nurses can provide better care for post-surgical patients when they learn capnography, says UB nurse anesthesia graduate.
Friday Night at the ER: Health Sciences Students Play Board Game to Learn Collaboration
6/1/22
UB’s Office of Interprofessional Education held nine sessions of the game, which teaches the importance of collaboration, with students in the programs of athletic training, audiology, counseling psychology, dietetics, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant (Canisius College), public health, social work and speech language pathology.
Nursing Excellence: Alumni Presented with 2022 UB School of Nursing Awards
6/1/22
The 2022 awards were presented at the School of Nursing’s Annual May Celebration, which was held at Reikart House in Buffalo on May 26, 2022. It was the School’s first in-person May Celebration since COVID-19 curtailed events and activities at the University.
TeamSTEPPS Training Teaches Health Sciences Students Vital Collaboration Skills
5/31/22
This spring, 89 University at Buffalo and Canisius College health professions students, representing seven health care professions, participated in TeamSTEPPS, a training program offered through UB’s Office of Interprofessional Education.
Wysocki chosen as dean of UB’s School of Nursing
5/26/22
Annette Wysocki has extensive leadership, exceptional research and teaching accomplishments and a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the field of nursing.
2022 School of Nursing Commencement Student Awards
5/18/22
Congratulations to the 2022 School of Nursing commencement award recipients.
School of Nursing Statement on Tops Markets Mass Shooting
5/15/22
Dear UB School of Nursing Community,
School Nurses Are Instrumental in Affecting Policy and Driving Change
5/9/22
Martha Dewey Bergren, DNS '03, MS '92, says school nursing is a calling. It is a powerful opportunity for nurses to drive change to improve child health within schools and throughout the community through policy and education.
PhD student Lana Pasek to receive Nightingale Award for MS work
5/5/22
PhD student receives the 2022 Nightingale Award for research that may help improve patients’ quality of life.