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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.
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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.
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Phyllis Arn Zimmer, MN, FAAN Lecturer Psychosocial & Community Health 357263 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7263 Email Address: pzimmer@u.washington.edu |
| Ms. Zimmer is a Family Nurse Practitioner who has practiced in the areas of adult health, women’s health and family practice in both urban and rural areas. Currently, she is a part-time faculty member in the Doctor of Nursing Practice- Family Nurse Practitioner Program in the Psychosocial and Community Health Department of the University of Washington School of Nursing. She is also the Founder and President of the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to improve health status and quality of care through nurse practitioner innovations in research, education, health policy, service and philanthropy. Phyllis has served as a peer reviewer for training grants for the Division of Nursing and has been a consultant for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and the National Health Service Corps. She currently serves on several national advisory boards, and is on the editorial boards of the American Journal for Nurse Practitioners and NP World News. In 1995, Phyllis received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Rochester School of Nursing. In 1996, she was selected by the U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, as a Primary Care Policy Fellow. | |
| Phyllis has provided major leadership in the NP profession at both national and international levels. Through her work in the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), she chaired the Education Committee which authored the publication Advanced Nursing Practice: Nurse Practitioner Curriculum Guidelines. This publication provided national standards for NP education which became the “gold standard” for NP educational programs. She was the first recipient of NONPF’s Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Educator award in recognition of her work on this project. She has served as president of both NONPF and the American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), and for 8 years served as the Director of Marketing & Corporate Relations for ACNP. For her service to ACNP, she is a recipient of the Sharp “Cutting Edge” Award. Internationally, she has provided consultation to the development of the NP role in both The Netherlands and Canada. She has served as a consultant to the developing nurse practitioner program at the University of British Columbia. More recently, she has twice served as a nurse practitioner program site reviewer for the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (regulatory agency). | |
| Phyllis has focused her research activities in the areas of women’s health, NP practice and education, and workforce issues. Through Batelle Research Centers, she was a co-investigator on a multi-disciplinary grant funded through the National Institute of Mental Health which studied primary care providers’ assessment of risk for STDs and HIV in patients presenting for well visits. She also co-authored the first national study looking at NPs’ ability to request, receive, and dispense sample medications. At the state level, she chaired the task force that developed ARNPs UNITED, a state-wide organization of Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners that united nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, and certified nurse anesthetists in an organization that has become a voice for advanced practice in the State of Washington. In recognition of her leadership in the state, she was awarded the organization’s “Mover and Shaker Award.” She is a founding partner of FnP Associates, which provides an array of services: consultation in the areas of nurse practitioner education, curriculum development, preceptor training, grant development and review, professional issues, organizational development, fund-raising, continuing education, and meeting planning. Through FnP Associates, she initiated and developed ACNP’s National Clinical Symposium. In recognition of her contributions to the nursing discipline, she was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 1997. |
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