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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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Sally Avenson, CNM, MSN Lecturer Family and Child Nursing Box 357262 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7262 Email Address: avenson@u.washington.edu |
| Sally completed her Nurse-Midwifery training in 1980, and her Master of Science in Nursing from St. Louis University in 1982. Since then she has continued to attend births at home, hospital, and birth center settings. These delivery sites include Swedish Ballard and Group Health Central Hospitals, UW Medical Center and Community Birth and Family Center. | |
| Sally has been a clinical preceptor for licensed midwives at Seattle Midwifery School as well as for the UW School of Nursing since her practice began. Sally actively assisted in the establishment/development of the UW Nurse-Midwifery Program in 1993 and has become its longest standing faculty member! | |
| She is a leader/pioneer in the nurse-midwifery community in Western Washington, serving on numerous committees and boards for related national and regional midwifery organizations, including her tenure as local Chapter Chair for the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She has recently become involved in breast cancer survivor activities. She is married and is the mother of three busy children and is often accompanied on campus by a Guide Dog puppy her family is fostering. |
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