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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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Gail Kieckhefer, ARNP, PNP-BC, Ph.D. Professor The Joanne Montgomery Endowed Professor in Nursing Family and Child Nursing Box 357262 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7262 Email Address: gailmk@u.washington.edu |
| Research: Dr. Kieckhefer's research expertise is in childhood chronic illness; childhood asthma most commonly. She was principal investigator on several studies examining health outcomes in children with asthma and on a randomized clinical trial examining the effects of a parent education program. In addition, she was co-investigator on two studies that recruited large number of ethnically diverse school age children with asthma and one testing a model of educating MD residents to work more effectively with parents of children having asthma. Sleep in children has been a recent focus of her work. | |
| Service/Practice: Dr. Kieckhefer has been a member of Washington Nurses' Association; American Nurses Association; Sigma Theta Tau; American Thoracic Society; National Organization of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and its Washington State Chapter; and the National Organization of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Locally she chaired the Clinical Services Committee of the King County Asthma Forum and co-chaired the Practitioner Support Committee of the Washington Asthma Initiative. | |
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