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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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B. Josephine Ensign, DrPH Associate Professor Psychosocial & Community Health 357263 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7263 Email Address: bjensign@u.washington.edu |
| Dr. Ensign holds an undergraduate degree in Biology and Religion from Oberlin College, and a doctorate in public health from the Johns Hopkins University. She has done postgraduate work in medical ethics at Harvard University, and in narrative medicine from Columbia University. Since 1986 Dr. Ensign has worked as a family nurse practitioner providing primary health care to homeless and refugee populations in community clinics on both coasts of the US. Through a Fulbright Fellowship, she expanded her research and advocacy internationally with work in Thailand. The focus of her career has been to increase an understanding of the lives of marginalized populations, and to develop ways to increase their access to effective health care. As a university faculty member, she has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on homelessness, human rights and health. She writes about topics and lives lived at the margins of society in order to create a space for empathy conducive to action. |
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