SON Home | UW Home | MyUW | UW Bothell | UW Tacoma | HealthLinks | Contact the School | Search SON | Internal Headlines | Briefly | From the Deans Desk | Report to Contributors Infectious Diseases Subject of New Master’s Focal Areas Alumna Elaine Larson served as a consultant in the development of two new Master of Nursing degrees focusing on the detection and treatment of infection and infectious diseases. The new Infectious Disease-Adult Nurse Practitioner degree (ID-ANP) and the Infectious Disease and Infection Nurse Specialist programs (IDINS) are being funded by a federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Margaret Heitkemper, chair of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, was principal investigator of the grant. The ID-ANP track focuses on the links between infections and chronic diseases such as hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, and TB. Completion of the degree requires 18 months of full-time study, although this may be undertaken on a part-time basis. Graduates qualify to apply for licensing as nurse practitioners with prescriptive authority in Washington State. The IDINS track enables nurses in advanced practice to serve in leadership roles and to develop public and agency policies relevant to the control of infections and infectious disease. Graduates will be eligible to apply for clinical nurse specialist certification. For more information, contact Judith Kelson at jkelson@u.washington.edu, or 206/543-7851, or visit www.son.washington.edu/eo/focal_areas.asp. Return to Headlines Headlines | Briefly | From the Deans Desk | Report to Contributors   Copyright © 2008 University of Washington 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195