Patricia Cowan
November 18, 2016
UAMS Highlights Advanced Practice Nurses For Nurse Practitioners Week
Nov. 18, 2016 | Each day, more than 150 advanced practice nurses (APNs) serve UAMS in a gamut of clinical areas as well as in education, shaping the next generation of nursing professionals. UAMS has more than 90 APNs who provide services in primary care, acute care, gerontology, women’s health, psychiatric and mental health, neonatal,…
November 8, 2016
College of Nursing Dean Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., Debra Jeffs, Ph.D., R.N. Inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellows
Nov. 8, 2016 | Patricia A. Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and faculty member Debra Jeffs, Ph.D., R.N. were inducted Oct. 22 as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. The American Academy of Nursing has more than 2,300 Fellows, including nursing…
October 17, 2016
Class of 2018 Nursing Students Don White Coats
Oct. 17, 2016 | More than 300 family members and friends, along with UAMS College of Nursing faculty, staff, alumni and supporters, watched Oct. 7 as junior Bachelor of Science in Nursing students received their white coats. The ceremony marked the passage into the clinical phase of the students’ nursing education. The class of 2018…
October 6, 2016
UAMS College of Nursing Receives $100,000 to Provide Primary Care, Mental Health to Older Adults
Oct. 6, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing has received $100,000 to provide primary care services, with an emphasis on mental health, to older Arkansans. Half of the money comes from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education at the University of Minnesota, where the UAMS College…
August 26, 2016
2016 UAMS Alumni Weekend Reunites Classmates, Friends
Aug. 26, 2016 | Although he’d traveled from Anchorage, Alaska, to Little Rock for the weekend, Tim Coalwell, M.D., felt a little guilty about winning a prize for the longest drive. “That’s because I didn’t drive,” quipped Coalwell, a 1991 UAMS College of Medicine graduate. Held Aug. 19-21 at the University of Arkansas for Medical…
August 9, 2016
Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., Invested in Linda C. Hodges Dean’s Chair
Aug. 9, 2016 | Patricia A. Cowan, Ph.D. R.N., dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, was invested Aug. 4 in the Linda C. Hodges Dean’s Chair. Cowan succeeds Lorraine Frazier, who left UAMS last year, as both the chair and dean. Cowan began at UAMS on Nov. 9,…
March 31, 2016
Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., Chairs Heart Association Statement on Ischemic Heart Disease Treatment in Women
March 31, 2016 | More research, superior diagnostic equipment and exceptional recognition of symptoms is needed to better identify and treat women with ischemic heart disease (IHD) according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association chaired by Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The statement was…
January 26, 2016
UAMS College of Nursing Advisory Board Elects Officers
LITTLE ROCK — The College of Nursing Advisory Board at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has elected Benni Fambrough of Little Rock its new chairman and re-elected JoAnn Hennessy Smith of Searcy as vice chair and Mike Spades of Little Rock as secretary-treasurer. Each officer will serve a two-year term, which began…
January 5, 2016
Leanne Lefler, Ph.D., Named Breakthrough Leader in Nursing
Jan. 5, 2016 | Developing an innovative approach that helped older women incorporate physical activity into their daily lives has led to national award for Leanne Lefler, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., an associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing. Lefler was one of ten nurses in the United States to…
December 28, 2015
UAMS Saw Transformative Growth in 2015
Dec. 28, 2015 | UAMS experienced a year of growth and transformation in 2015 that reached all areas of patient care, education and research. During this time of development, UAMS saw many changes in leadership. In January, Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D., announced her retirement as provost effective June 30 after more forty years at UAMS….
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