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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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Patricia A. Brandt, PhD, RN Professor Emeritus Chair, Family and Child Nursing Family and Child Nursing 357262 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7262 Email Address: pbrandt@u.washington.edu |
| I have been the Chairperson of the Family & Child Nursing since 2009 and a professor since the 1990s. I'm especially committed in this leadership role to fostering a work climate that enhances faculty to deliver quality teaching and learning experiences for students that are accessible as well as support faculty for their research endeavors. It is important during this time of economic constraints for our department to use both a business model and best practices that encourage efficiencies and innovations to assure we sustain quality educational & research programs. I believe we need use shared decision-making that involves learning from our stakeholders, students & the community, to continue to prepare the top practitioners, researchers and teachers now and in the future. | |
| During the many years that I was a family & child therapist at Seattle Children's and primary care sites, I continually discovered how central self-care and family coaching is to childrens ability to thrive through the experience of life-threatening or chronic conditions. Their transition to assuming self-care is a lifelong endeavor and one which is encouraged by the youth's partnership with a team of professionals and significant others. As a consequence of clinical connections with children with chronic conditions and their families, my research projects and teaching emphasize developmental approaches, motivational interviewing, family support and self-care. I continue to provide consultation to health care professionals on ways to promote health behavior change in their delivery of care. | |
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