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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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Ruth F. Craven, EdD, RN, FAAN Professor Emerita Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems 357266 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7262 Email Address: ruthc@u.washington.edu |
| Scholarship: Dr. Craven's scholarship is in gerontological nursing and in nursing education. In gerontological nursing, Dr. Craven focuses on safety and fall prevention for older adults. In nursing education, she is particularly interested in the dissemination of knowledge through continuing nursing education and eLearning. | |
| Teaching: Dr. Craven teaches the biological aspects of aging to undergraduate and graduate students and is one of the professors in the Certificate of Aging. She teaches and mentors graduate students in care of older adults and in home care nursing. She is the PI of the Advanced Practice Home Care Nurse Practitioner training grant, the Informatics training grant and several Hartford Foundation grants. Her textbook, Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function (with Constance Hirnle, published by Lippincott, Williams and Wilkens) is in its fourth edition. | |
| Service: Dr. Craven is a Commissioner and site visitor on the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation and a member of the Executive Committee of the Commission. She also serves as a site visitor for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, to schools of nursing seeking accreditation. She also has served on the board of trustees of several major continuing care retirement communities in the region and state. | |
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