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News and Events
In the News: Recent media coverage of the UW School of Nursing
2009
October
"UW's Nurse Scientists"
Seattle Woman magazine, October 2009
UW School of Nursing faculty researchers, Center for Women;s Health & Gender Research featured.
http://www.son.washington.edu/about/UWNurseScientists.asp
February
"Nursing schools facing teacher shortage"
KING-5 News, Feb. 2, 2009
Features Dean Marla Salmon discussing the nursing shortage.
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_020209WAB-nursing-shortage-LJ.1090d909.html
January
“Nurses often left out of medical error talks”
U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 22, 2009
Features Sarah Shannon, associate professor, BNHS, and vice associate dean for academic programs.
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/01/22/nurses-often-left-out-of-medical-error-talks.html
Sarah Shannon ’s work was featured in numerous publications and online news sites this month, including:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012202202.html
“Opportunities in Forensic Nursing”
Minority Nurse.com, Winter 2009
Includes a mention of the SoN forensic nursing program.
http://www.minoritynurse.com/forensic-nursing/opportunities-forensic-nursing
“Vision for health care access is being realized”
Everett Herald, Jan. 16, 2009
Editorial praises Providence Everett Healthcare Clinic, which incorporates a training program for UW nursing students.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090116/OPINION01/701169936/-1/OPINION
“Smart dummies: Mannequins to train doctors, nurses”
KPLU radio, Jan. 15, 2009
Features Juvann Wolff, director of the school's simulation lab.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1457748
“School of Nursing students win volunteer award”
SoN Web site, Jan. 15, 2009
http://www.son.washington.edu/about/CommunityServiceAwardJan09.asp
"American Journal of Nursing announces 2008 Book of the Year awards"
American Journal of Nursing, Jan .13, 2009
http://www.son.washington.edu/about/AJNawards.asp
“Visionary: Heather Young, RN”
Nurse.com, Jan. 12, 2009
Features former faculty member Heather Young, who received her master’s in nursing and her doctorate in nursing science from the SoN.
http://include.nurse.com/article/20090112/CA02/101120108
“State must fund nursing education programs”
Tacoma News Tribune, Jan. 9, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/othervoices/story/589390.html
“Best of 2008: School of Nursing”
UWeek, Jan. 8, 2009
http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?visitsource=uwkmail&id=46146
“Perspective: Join Jan. 10 discussion on health-care reform”
Port Townsend Leader, Jan. 7, 2009
Opinion piece by Phyllis Schultz, retired UW School of Nursing faculty member)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=22882&TM=63990.26
“Nursing cuts not a healthy plan”
Seattle P-I, Jan. 5, 2009
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/394829_nursingcutsonline06.html
“UW med students prepare with cutting edge technology”
Seattle P-I, Jan. 5, 2009
Features Brenda Zierler, associate professor, BNHS, and associate dean, TIER.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/394704_simulsurg05.html
2008
December
“New books with Seattle-area ties”
Seattle Times, Dec. 29, 2008
Features “Nurse: A World of Care,” with senior editor Dean Marla Salmon.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008567367_zboo29localbooks.html
“Balancing punishment, treatment when crimes are committed”
Seattle P-I, Dec. 28, 2008
Features David Lovell, research assoc. prof., PCH.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/393944_mental29.html
“UW health sciences schools receive more than $1 million for training in interprofessional communication”
UW Medicine online news, Dec. 19, 2008
Features Brenda Zierler, assoc. prof., BNHS, and assoc. dean, TIER.
http://depts.washington.edu/mednews/uwmedonlinenews/12192008.html
“UW’s Zierler Named Executive Nurse Fellow”
Nurse.com, Dec. 8, 2008
Features Brenda Zierler.
http://include.nurse.com/article/20081208/NW02/112080145
“Oliver Osborne, PhD, RN: Grandfather of AAPPN”
Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Dec. 7, 2008
Features Oliver Osborne, professor emeritus; Mary Tschudin, dean emeritus; and former faculty members Marilyn Whitley and Linn Larson.
http://aappn.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/07/oliver-osburne-phd-rn-grandfather-of-aappn/
“Nurse: A World of Care” book review
Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept. 24, 2008
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/300/12/1468
November
“Nursing Goes Global”
International Educator, November/December 2008
Features Catherine Carr, assoc. prof., FCN; Sarah Ross, director of international programs; post-doctoral student Julie Potsma; and MN student Shawna Pochan.
http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/novdec08_feature_nursing_2.pdf
“A conversation with School of Nursing Dean Marla Salmon”
UWeek, Nov. 20, 2008
http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?visitsource=uwkmail&id=45323
"Nurse practitioners bring depth, perspective to wide spectrum of patients"
Reprinted by permission from News & Notes from Michael Soman, president/chief medical executive, Group Health Permanente, Nov. 7, 2008
Features Marie-Annette Brown, the Group Health Endowed Nursing Professor in Chronic Illness Care
http://www.son.washington.edu/about/IntheNewsGroupHealthNov08.asp
“Study looks at how job stress, length of time in US, affect risk for chronic health conditions among Filipino immigrants”
Kaiser Network, Nov. 5, 2008
Features Butch de Castro, asst. prof., PCH.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=55396
“Examining I-1000”
KUOW radio’s Weekday with Steve Scher, Nov. 3, 2008
Features Dean Emeritus Rheba de Tornyay discussing her position on Initiative 1000, which would let terminally ill patients get help to end their lives.
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=16191
October
“Dean provides insight for nursing school”
The UW Daily, Oct. 29, 2008
Features Dean Marla Salmon.
http://dailyuw.com/2008/10/29/dean-provides-insight-nursing-school/
“New Faculty Senate chair David Lovell sees busy year ahead”
UWeek, Oct. 23, 2008
Features David Lovell, research assoc. prof., PCH.
http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?visitsource=uwkmail&id=44648
“Mary Pigott makes $1M gift to UW”
Puget Sound Business Journal, Oct. 17, 2008
Features Andrea Myers, new asst. dean for development and external relations.
http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/apps/dailyclips/scraped/PSBJ_2008-10-17.html
“Introducing the new Secretary of the Faculty, Marcia Killien”
UWeek, Oct. 16, 2008
Features Marcia Killien, prof., FCN
http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?visitsource=uwkmail&id=44499
“Seattle Children’s earns magnet status”
Nurse.com, Oct. 6, 2008
Features Susan Heath, asst. dean of clinical nursing practice.
http://include.nurse.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080910/NW02/309100027 September
“Two widows on opposing sides of assisted suicide”
KUOW News, Sept. 23, 2008
Features Dean Emeritus Rheba de Tornyay.
http://kuow.org/program.php?id=15874
“Initiative 1000 would let patients get help ending their lives”
Seattle Times, Sept. 22, 2008
Features Rheba de Tornyay.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008193092_death21m.html?syndication=rss
"A consensus about day care: Quality counts"
New York Times, Sept. 14, 2008
Features Cathryn Booth-LaForce, prof., FCN, and executive assoc. dean.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/health/healthspecial2/15daycare.html?scp=1&sq=day%20care&st=cse
“Nurse organization pickets at UW hospital”
Seattle P-I, Sept. 3, 2008
Features Lorie Wild, asst. dean for clinical nursing practice/chief nursing officer, UWMC
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/377638_uwnurses04.html
August
“Proposal is reckless, unnecessary”
Seattle P-I, Aug. 25, 2008
Guest column by Dean Emeritus Rheba de Tornyay on assisted suicide.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/376408_antidignity26.html
July
"Study Finds Nurses Need Their Naps”
Nursezone.com, July 31, 2008:
http://www.nursezone.com/Nursing-News-Events/more-news.aspx?ID=18132
Features research by SoN alumnae Diana McMillan, PhD ’01, and Wendy Fallis, PhD ’02. June
“Working Dad: Back to basic training”
Seattle P-I, June 26, 2008
Features Pamela L. Jordan, assoc. prof., FCN.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/368565_dad27.html?source=rss
“Pauline Mary Bruno, 1922-2008: Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro at age 77”
Seattle P-I, June 16, 2008
Obituary on former SoN professor.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/367239_obitbruno17.html
“UC Davis appoints Heather Young as associate vice chancellor for nursing”
June 16, 2008
Young, who will lead a new school of nursing at UC Davis, received her master’s in nursing and her doctorate in nursing science from the UW.
http://media-newswire.com/release_1067933.html
“Good parents, bad results: 8 ways science shows that Mom and Dad go wrong when disciplining their kids”
U.S. News & World Report, June 12, 2008
Includes Jamila Reid, co-director of the UW Parenting Clinic, and a mention of work by Carolyn Webster-Stratton, prof., FCN.
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/living-well-usn/2008/06/12/good-parents-bad-results_print.htm
“Program helps parents bond with baby”
KING-5 TV, June 9, 2008
Features Jean Kelly, prof., FCN
http://www.king5.com/education/stories/NW_060908EDB_firstrelationships_SW.16e8bc14.html
“Redesign flawed health care system”
Seattle P-I, June 9, 2008
Commentary features Dean Nancy Woods on the contributions of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and others in solving the primary-care shortage.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/366363_nursepract10.html
“Show, not tell”
Yale Nursing Matters, Spring 2008
Profile of Yale alum Carolyn Webster-Stratton, prof., FCN
http://nursing.yale.edu/News/Publications/YNM/8_2/V8_2_pg24-25.pdf
“New study shows significant gaps in availability of hospice care”
AHC Media, June 2008
Features George Demiris, assoc. prof., BNHS, on the use of technology, including videophones, to better serve patients in rural areas.
http://ahcpub.com/hot_topics/?htid=1&httid=1923
May
“A bed for every child who needs one”
The Seattle Times, May 29, 2008
Commentary by Susan Heath, assistant dean for clinical-nursing practice and chief nursing officer at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004444415_heathop29.html
“Fund state nursing programs or face critical shortage”
The (Tacoma) News Tribune, May 27, 2008
Commentary co-authored by Judy Huntington, executive director of the Washington State Nurses Association and 2008 winner of the SoN’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/353149.html
“School of Nursing honors profession’s leaders”
UWeek, May 8, 2008
http://uwnews.org/uweek/uweekarticle.asp?Search=Nursing&articleid=41569
“Saving marriages can save tax dollars, advocates argue”
Seattle P-I, May 7, 2008
Features Pamela L. Jordan, assoc. prof., FCN.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/362168_marriage08.html
“Sleep troubles vary between Alzheimer’s patients, caregivers”
KING-5 TV, May 2, 2008
Features Susan McCurry, research prof., PCH.
http://www.k5thehometeam.com/Global/story.asp?S=8265406&nav=menu177_7_2_10
April
“Raising the medical bar"
UW Daily, April 29, 2008
A feature on the school's Doctor of Nursing Practice program
http://thedaily.washington.edu/2008/4/29/raising-medical-bar/
“Working Dad: Two parents minus passion equals an unhealthy marriage for the whole family”
Seattle P-I, April 17, 2008
Featuring Associate Professor Pamela L. Jordan
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/359513_dad18.html
“Learning: Promoting healthy first relationships”
KING-5 TV, April 9, 2008
Featuring Jean Kelly, co-director, Center on Infant Mental Health and Development
http://www.king5.com/education/stories/NW_040908EDK_learningtolearn_firstrelationships_SW.493c0de1.html
“Meet the Sims -- at nursing school”
Seattle P-I, April 12, 2008
A feature on the school's newly remodeled Center for Excellence in Nursing Education simulation lab
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/358827_simulator12.html
“Nurses learn on simulators before caring for patients”
KING-5 TV, April 12, 2008
http://www.king5.com/video/healthlink-index.html?nvid=235372
“UW nursing students practice on computers that look like patients”
Q13 FOX News, April 12, 2008
http://q13.trb.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=2371192
“High-tech simulators enhance nursing education”
UWeek, April 17, 2008
http://uwnews.org/uweek/uweekarticle.asp?visitsource=uwkmail&articleID=41085
“Nursing students practice birthing techniques with robot simulators"
UW Daily, April 10, 2008
http://thedaily.washington.edu/2008/4/10/nursing-students-practice-birthing-techniques-robo/
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