Improving care. It's the Washington Way.
Students in the Promoting Community and Public Health Course, Nurs 420, presented their work with community organizations at a December 7th poster symposium.
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Emphasizing Research
and Teaching
Six degree programs, multiple specialties, continuing education opportunities and world renowned research are part of the UW School of Nursing's goal of addressing society's most pressing challenges in health care. Students: Oliver Liscano and Joann Ucol.
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The School of Nursing is grateful for the support of its outstanding alumni, friends and community partners. Many participate as clinical preceptors, advisers and volunteers, and provide financial support for our students, faculty and programs.
Recognizing Leaders in Nursing
Every year the UW School of Nursing honors local and national leaders for their important contributions to the field of nursing and pays tribute to our community's most accomplished nurses and health care leaders at the annual Nurses Recognition Banquet.
Advancing Nursing Research
With a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and patient care the UW School of Nursing is the No. 3 Nursing School in research funding from the NIH, with six centers of excellence and over 185 active and pending research projects.
UW Continuing Nursing Education supports excellence in lifelong learning for health care professionals, and is a nationally-recognized accredited provider of contact hours in nursing.
Learn moreDuring your studies at the UW School of nursing, your "home" department will be Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems (BNHS), and we are happy to host you from 1:00 - 3:00pm in the Health Sciences Building room T739 on Orientation day.
PBIO 505 and 506 are School of Medicine introductory physiology courses for both advance practice nursing and dentistry students. PBIO 505 is offered during autumn quarter; it covers the transmembrane potential of cells, the nervous system, muscles, endocrine, and reproductive systems. PBIO 506 is offered during winter quarter; it focuses on cardiology, respiration, digestion, renal physiology, and acid-base balance.
There is an online, self-study PBIO prep course which is designed to review the prerequisite information necessary to succeed in the course. This course is called P BIO 0000, and is located online at: https://moodle.washington.edu/course/view.php?id=23512. It is highly recommended that any student planning to enroll in PBIO 505 and 506, and even NSG 557 (pathophysiology) complete the PBIO 0000 “prep” course. The PBIO prep course is entirely online, self-paced, and optional. It takes 12- 15 hours to complete, and is no-fee, no-credit and does not require registration.
