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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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Margaret M. Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor Chair - BNHS; Director - Center for Research on Management of Sleep Disturbances; Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Chair Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems 357266 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7266 Email Address: heit@u.washington.edu |
| Margaret McLean Heitkemper, RN, PhD, FAAN, is Chairperson, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Chair in Nursing, and Adjunct Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington. She is also Director of the NIH funded Center for Research on Management of Sleep Disturbances at the University of Washington and Panel Member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care and Education. | |
| Dr. Heitkemper received her BSN in 1973 from Seattle University, her MN in gerontological nursing from the University of Washington in 1975, and her PhD in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Illinois at the Medical Center, Chicago in 1981. Her research related to women's health, stress, and gastrointestinal function has been continuously funded by NIH since 1983. She is the author of two nursing textbooks and approximately 150 data-based papers. | |
| Dr. Heitkemper was the Corbally Professor in Public Service from 2001-2006 and in 2003 she received the AGA/Janssen award for research in gastroenterology. In 2005 she was the first recipient of the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research-Pfizer Award for Research in Women's Health. She is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Executive fellow. In 2010 she recieved the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award for Excellence in Science and Scholarship. She is also the recipient of the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award. |
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