The Latest News from the School of Nursing

Students and faculty in the UB School of Nursing begin their mission to prevent 1,000 heart attacks and strokes in the Buffalo community as a part of Million Hearts, a nationwide initiative to save 1 million hearts by 2017.

Several UB graduate and professional degree programs have been cited as among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of “America’s Best Graduate Schools."

Gerri Lamb, a renowned patient care coordination expert at Arizona State University, will explore how nurses can improve the transition of patients and information when she delivers the keynote speech for the UB School of Nursing’s sixth annual Margaret A. Nelson Lecture.

The University at Buffalo School of Nursing will fund scholarships for three doctoral nursing students in 2016 with the help of a new grant from the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare.

The School of Nursing is now accepting applications for the NURSE program, which provides undergraduate students with valuable hands-on research experience over ten weeks this summer.

Delivery rooms and intensive care units are now open to UB nursing students seeking clinical experience.

Those with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias soon will have access to improved local care, thanks to a major grant to UB researchers.

Delivery rooms and intensive care units are now open to students seeking clinical experience within the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, the first program in Buffalo to offer the specialties to students.

Health care systems and providers need to understand the unique realities of military culture in order to work effectively with veterans and military families.

Online degree programs offered by UB’s Graduate School of Education and School of Nursing were named among the best online programs by U.S. News & World Report.

In search of a less expensive, yet effective, form of therapy, a new study led by UB behavioral health researcher Ellen Volpe will investigate the effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy (NET) at treating PTSD and substance abuse among adolescents who have experienced multiple traumas.

The University at Buffalo School of Nursing's undergraduate online RN to BS program has been once again designated a "U.S. News & World Report Best Online Program" in 2016.

Partnership to emphasize interprofessional education focused on safe prescribing practices and culture change.

Deborah Raines, PhD, associate professor in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, recently received the 2016 Elsevier Leading Stars in Education (ELSIE) Award for Excellence in Clinical Education from Elsevier.

From robot bees to designer neurons, here are highlights from a great year of research.

To prepare the next generation of nurses for virtual health care, the UB School of Nursing recently received a one-year SUNY High Needs grant to train nursing students in telehealth, which allows patients to use live video and self-diagnostic devices to receive distant care.

Prescription opioid abuse has reached epidemic proportions, but new research led by UB psychiatric nursing researcher Yu-Ping Chang found motivational interviewing, a form of behavioral counseling, is an effective tool at curbing misuse.

Discussion features an alum who served in the U.S. Air Force, a former Army executive officer now a medical student, and UB research on barriers to veterans’ health care.

Nursing faculty member Linda Paine Hughes says giving to Mercy Flight Western New York is the most important donation she can make to UB's Campaign for the Community.

In a Q&A with the UB Reporter, Campaign for the Community Chair Marsha Lewis talks about the campaign and how it reinforced her belief in the goodness and generosity of the UB community.