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  • Healthcare Challenge for Nursing Students: HHS/ONC Launches Blood Pressure Video Challenge

    ONC has partnered with Million Hearts to seek support from developers and film enthusiasts’ alike in creating short, compelling videos that share how consumers can use health IT or consumer e-health tools to manage high blood pressure through activities, including:

     

    • Routine monitoring of blood pressure
    • Taking blood pressure medication as prescribed
    • Maintaining a healthy lifestyle that helps lower blood pressure

     

    The “Beat Down Blood Pressure Video Challenge” is the second in a series of 2012 health IT video contests to show the importance of health technology and how it has had a positive impact on patients’ lives. 

    We share this information on the “Beat Down Blood Pressure Challenge” with you and let you know that there is $5,500 worth of prizes for developing short videos for the challenge.  The submission period for the challenge ends on May 16, 2012. You can register by visiting the “Beat Down Blood Pressure Challenge” on Challenge.gov.  

      

    Any questions you may have, feel free to contact Cory Sealey at cory.sealey@ketchum.com.

     

  • School of Nursing's Faculty and Staff Campaign

    I would like to thank and recognize the faculty and staff for their participation in the School of Nursing’s Faculty and Staff Campaign. This year 1,162 members of our campus community donated over $727,000 to support the Campaign.

     The School of Nursing ranked in 2nd place for participation with a rate of 45%.  This past Wednesday, Donna Zucker, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, accepted the award on behalf of the School. We had 18 out of 40 colleagues make a donation to UMass Amherst. We donated over $3,000. This will be matched dollar for dollar and total over $6,000 towards the School of Nursing!

     The importance of the success of this Campaign cannot be overstated as it shows our support of public higher education and demonstrates our commitment to UMass Amherst. The strength of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is defined by its faculty and staff and because of your support this strength continues to grow.

     Thank you,
    Andrew W. Clendinneng
    Regional Director of Development
    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Application for Dr. Eileen Hayes Memorial Scholarship

    2011- 2012 Application for Dr. Eileen Hayes Memorial Scholarship for DNP and PhD students is now available.

    ALL scholarships will be presented in early September 2012, all recipients will be required to attend and you must be fully matriculated during the Fall of 2012.  Your scholarships will be posted on SPIRE in September. Applicaton deadline is April 27,2012

     

  • UMass - Amherst 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

    This year University Massachusetts, Amherst Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient Susan Hagedorn '77 is a nationally recognized nurse, filmmaker and philanthropist. As a retired pediatric and women’s health nurse practitioner specializing in adolescence, Hagedorn serves on the emeriti faculty of the University of Colorado School of Nursing. 

    After retiring from her career in medicine, Hagedorn decided to pursue her love of filmmaking. She founded Seedworks Films for which she produces and directs documentaries for social change. Seedworks Films is the largest producer of films about nurses and nursing in the United States and is the action arm of The Seedworks Fund, a non-profit foundation whose mission is seeding social change with an emphasis on health, education and vulnerable families.
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  • PhD in Nursing Information Session

    PhD Information Session will be on Tuesday, May 22nd from 5:30 PM-6:30 PM in Skinner 101 and via conferencing software.  To connect to the webinar you can use the following link between 5:30 and 6:30PM on May 22. In order to participate you will need an internet connection and audio on your computer. click here

  • School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Lab Tours

    School of Nursing offers the Clinical Simulation Lab Tours on:

    Saturday May 5 1:30 pm
    Saturday May 19 1:30 pm
    Monday June 11 10 am
    Friday Aug 24 10 am
    Tuesday Sept. 18 10 am
    Tuesday Oct. 2 10 am

    All tours meet in front lobby of Skinner Hall.
    Please RSVP for Nursing Simulation Lab Tours to Helene Cunningham, RN, MS Director of Nursing Clinical Simulation Lab at helene@nursing.umass.edu

    University Open House Oct. 28:  Sim Lab Tour that day in afternoon time to be announced.
    If you need information about the:
    1. Undergraduate Traditional Program contact Liz Theroux etheroux@acad.umass.edu 
    2. Second Degree or RN program contact Sandy Teale steale@nursing.umass.edu.
    3. Graduate Program contact Karen Ayotte kayotte@nursing.umass.edu
     

  • School of Nursing is Welcoming New Dean

    Faculty, staff and students all are delighted to have Dr. Stephen J. Cavanagh as the new dean of the School of Nursing.

    Stephen J. Cavanagh, was professor and associate dean for academic and clinical affairs in the College of Nursing at Wayne State University in Detroit, has started his new position as the dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Sept. 1st 2011. For full story click here.

  • Board of Registration in Nursing waives on-site visit

    The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing has just waived, February 9, 2011, the School of Nursing’s on-site visit to monitor ongoing compliance with the Massachusetts Board of Registration regulations. 

    This decision was based on the positive findings of the maximum accreditation evaluation granted to the School of Nursing from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, (CCNE). The next on-site BORN site visit to the SON will be scheduled in 2020.

  • School of Nursing awarded Accreditation

    The faculty, staff and students are pleased to share with our University family that The School of Nursing has been awarded accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) effective April 12, 2010. 

    The Baccalaureate and Master’s degree programs were awarded a maximum term of ten years, and the Doctor of Nursing Practice program was awarded five years, which is the maximum term granted for a new program. The CCNE board determined that the School of Nursing programs met all four of the accreditation standards. In addition, they noted that there were no compliance concerns with respect to the key elements.

    In granting a term of accreditation the CCNE Board shows its confidence in the competency and effectiveness of the educational program and in its continuing ability to comply with CCNE standards. The Board may award an accreditation term of any length, up to and including the maximum 10-year accreditation term (5-year term for a new applicant). The Board may act to grant an accreditation term that is less than the maximum term for which the program is eligible if, upon its review of the program, it determines that compliance concerns warrant an award of a lesser term. The next on-site CCNE site visit to the SON for the Baccalaureate and Masters Program will be scheduled in 2020.

    The next on-site CCNE visit to the SON for the DNP Program will be scheduled in 2015.

  • New Application Dates For Second Bachelor's Admission

    The application deadline for the class that starts September 2012 will be February 1st, 2012. Applicants must have all 6 prerequisite courses completed by February 1st. The applicant is responsible for verifying that the School of Nursing office has received all application materials.

    For more information see Admission requirements.