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Fielding School of Public Health sign

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to offer undergraduate degrees

Amid increasing interest and understanding of public health’s central role in addressing society’s most pressing challenges — including the COVI...

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Students

UCLA Library connects sciences collections to UCLA Nursing students for real-world impact

Inese Verzemnieks knows that the information nurses give patients after a medical procedure can be the difference between a good recovery and a return...

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Research

COVID-19 and work demands among prison nurses

A new study from researchers at UCLA is shedding light on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses working in California prisons....

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UCLA Nursing welcomes new faculty

The UCLA School of Nursing welcomes six new faculty members to campus, including several tenure track and adjunct positions....

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Getting the Message Right: Nurses and Vaccine Hesitancy

One of the most comprehensive national studies of COVID-19 vaccination among nurses is helping set the record straight by correcting a common media na...

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Research

Study finds outpatient management of select patients with transient ischemic attack at a nurse practitioner specialty clinic is as safe as hospital admission

A newly published quality improvement study from the UCLA School of Nursing could help ease hospital admissions while ensuring patients with transient...

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Research, Community

Transdisciplinary grant to support biliteracy program for Spanish speaking families in West Los Angeles

A group of UCLA researchers from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Education have come together to design a community-engaged program in partnersh...

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DNP Student and Faculty Breakfast celebrates start of new academic year and welcomes return of alumni mentors

To kick off the new academic year, the DNP administration team hosted a welcome brunch event for Doctor of Nursing Practice students at the beautiful ...

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A new academic year brings UCLA Nursing’s largest transfer student class ever

With a new academic year officially underway, the UCLA School of Nursing welcomed more than 200 new nursing students to campus, along with its largest...

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UCLA Magazine: Is the Nursing Profession… Healthy?

Nurses have been the face of the front lines in the battle against COVID. Kristen Choi wants to make sure we’re taking as good care of them as they ...

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Honors and Awards

Nursing professor receives UCLA’s highest honor for teaching

UCLA School of Nursing Professor MarySue Heilemann, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been honored with a 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest recognition ...

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Research

Women & men experience cardiovascular disease symptoms differently, according to new report

A scientific statement from the American Heart Association, co-authored by UCLA Nursing’s Holli A....

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Honors and Awards

Professor emerita named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing

Joyce Newman Giger, EdD, APRN-BC, FAAN, professor emerita in the UCLA School of Nursing, is one of six extraordinary nurse leaders selected as a Livin...

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Students

Summer program empowering diverse students to pursue health care

Each summer, students from across the country journey to UCLA for the Summer Health Professions Education Program, or SHPEP, a free enrichment program...

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Faculty, Honors and Awards

Three from UCLA Nursing & UCLA Health selected as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

UCLA School of Nursing Assistant Dean & UCLA Health Chief Nursing Executive Karen Grimley, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, Assistant Professor Mary Rezk-...

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