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America's No. 1 Nursing School
For more than 20 years, the University of Washington School of Nursing has been ranked America's No. 1 nursing school, including 17 years atop the U.S. News and World Report list, which began ranking nursing schools
in 1993.
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.
Stay Connected
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.
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Elaine Adams Thompson, PhD, RN Professor Emerita The Sandra and Peter Dyer Term Professor in Nursing Psychosocial & Community Health 358732 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-8732 Email Address: elainet@u.washington.edu |
| Dr. Thompson is the Sandra and Peter Dyer Term Professor in Nursing in the Department of Psychosocial and Community Health within the University of Washington's School of Nursing, and a Principal Investigator for the Reconnecting Youth Prevention Research Program. She obtained her Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Washington. She has also received funding from The National Institute of Nursing Research and The National Institute of Mental Health for suicide prevention and school dropout prevention research. Her research specializations are 1) intervention and evaluation research; 2) advanced multivariate analytic techniques; 3) measurement and instrument development; and 4) testing intervention theory. Her clinical specializations are 1) family, child, and adolescent psychosocial nursing; 2) suicide risk assessment; and 3) stress and self-management. | |
| As a principal investigator, she participates actively in collaborative research on intervention programs in collaboration with Leona Eggert, Brooke Randell, Jerry Herting, the Field Staff, and Research Team. | |
| Dr. Thompson's CV at the Community of Science Web site | |
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Reconnecting Youth Prevention Research Program |
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