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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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Pamela Mitchell, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN Interim Dean The Robert G. And Jean A. Reid Dean (Interim) Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Services, SPHCM Director, Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems 357266 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7266 Email Address: pmitch@u.washington.edu |
| Pamela Mitchell is the interim dean of the School of Nursing, and professor in biobehavioral nursing and health systems and adjunct professor in the department of health services in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. She is also the founding director of the Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education and co- director of the Research Education Core in the Institute for Translational Sciences. Dean Mitchell, who has been at the UW since 1969 when she was an acting assistant professor (part time), received her Ph.D. from the UW in 1991. | |
| Teaching: Dr. Mitchell teaches clinical and translational research methods. Research: Her research investigates fundamental physiologic factors influencing the responses of critically ill neurologic/neurosurgical patients to ordinary nursing care activities, clinical and translational trials aimed at improving recovery in chronic cardiocerebrovascular illness, and comparative effectiveness of care delivery systems as they influence patient outcomes. She is core director for research education and career development of the Institute for Translational Health Sciences. She is known throughout the nursing community as the mother of current practices in nursing care for patients with increased intracranial pressure, such as those with head injury and stroke. She is recognized as a leading researcher in managing recovery from brain injury in both acute and community care settings. Mitchell is the author or co-author of more than 200 peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters, and book reviews, abstracts and technical reports. | |
| Service: Dr. Mitchell is Past-President of the American Academy of Nursing, serves as an ad- hoc member of the Initial Review Group, National Institute of Nursing Research, serves on the Advisory Council to the American Stroke Association. She is currently a member of the Expert Panel on Quality Health Care, American Academy of Nursing. She is a fellow of the American Heart Association and Stroke Council. She served on the editorial board of the Journal of Advanced Nursing for six years, and on the editorial board of Biological Research in Nursing for nine years. Awards: She has received many awards over her career. In 2011 she was honored with the Ada Sue Hinshaw Award by the Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research, presented to nurse scientists who make major contributions to improving health care through research. In 2010, she was selected by Sigma Theta Tau International as an inaugural member of the Nurse Research Hall of Fame. | |
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