nursing


July 20, 2022

UAMS Welcomes First Class in Accelerated BSN Program, Opens Simulation Center in Northwest Arkansas

David Wise

Nursing students and faculty in the new simulation center on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus

FAYETTEVILLE — A new class of nursing students are experiencing real-world scenarios in a new simulation center on the Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). All UAMS students in Northwest Arkansas will eventually use the center. UAMS’s new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is a 15-month program designed…


February 1, 2016

UAMS Northwest Accepting Applications for Summer Health Careers Program

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest is now accepting applications from students who will be entering the 11th or 12th grade and interested in exploring careers in health care for its two-week, intensive Medical Applications of Science for Health (MASH) program July 11-22. During the MASH program, students will…


August 20, 2014

Barone Named to FDA Panel on Tobacco

Liz Caldwell

Claudia Barone, Ed.D., A.P.R.N., a professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has become the first nurse appointed to the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA).


December 7, 2012

UAMS Celebrates Opening of 12th Street Student-Led Community Health Center

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Students and faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today cut the ribbon and dedicated the 12th Street Health and Wellness Center, which will provide free health screenings and information to the minority community where the clinic is located. <br />
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November 9, 2012

UAMS College of Nursing to Offer Second Doctorate Degree

Nate Hinkel

Nov. 9, 2012 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing will begin offering a doctorate of nursing practice (D.N.P.) degree in fall 2013 to help meet the state’s growing health care demand.


June 15, 2012

UAMS Receives $434,000 for Exercise Study

David Robinson

June 15, 2012 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing researcher is studying a new approach for increasing physical activity in older, sedentary women after receiving a $434,000 National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) grant.


April 26, 2012

College of Nursing Researcher Wins Fellow Award

Nate Hinkel

April 26, 2012 | Carol Enderlin, Ph.D., R.N., a clinical assistant professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, was named one of three winners of the Arkansas Gerontological Society’s Fellow Award for outstanding contributions to the field.


March 5, 2012

UAMS Has Key Role in $4.9 Million Grant to Educate Nurses

Nate Hinkel

March 5, 2012 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing will play a key role in a $4.9 million federal effort to train 1,500 Arkansas nurses and address a shortage in that workforce.


December 21, 2011

UAMS College of Nursing Receives $162,000 to Link With Delta Nursing Homes for Education, Patient Care

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Using a $162,002 federal grant, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will soon put telecommunications to work in the Arkansas Delta improving the education levels of nursing home caregivers and enabling UAMS’ geriatrics specialists to see patients in long-term care facilities in the Delta.


December 20, 2011

UAMS’ Beverly Awarded International Nursing Honor

Nate Hinkel

Dec. 20, 2011 | Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., R.N., professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing and director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, was given an international award for leadership by the nursing profession’s honor society.



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