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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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Karen E. Hays, DNP, CNM, ARNP Clinical Assistant Professor Family and Child Nursing 357262 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Email Address: kehays@u.washington.edu |
| My broad interests in maternity care and midwifery have provided me with varied experiences throughout my career, and I continue to seek new knowledge and challenges. I became an OB nurse in 1986, a direct entry midwife in 1992, then a nurse-midwife in 1996. My clinical experience in the U.S. includes working in community hospitals, home birth, birth centers, and a tertiary hospital. I have also been involved in global health since 1988, serving as a consultant, educator, and practitioner in several countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. I have been active for over 20 years in the Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, the Midwives Association of Washington State, and the American College of Nurse-Midwives. | |
| My special interests are a global focus on midwifery practice and education; low-resource environments; professional autonomy for nurses and midwives; patient satisfaction; and promoting pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum/newborn period as a multi-dimensional family event. |
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