
VCU School of Nursing receives largest gift in school’s history to fund student
VCU School of Nursing receives largest gift in school’s history to fund student scholarships
A $13 million gift made by Joanne and Bill Conway will provide need-based scholarships for over 1,000 undergraduate and doctoral nursing students, support diversity in health care.
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Using virtual reality to reduce medical burnout
Class of 2022: DNP student Tiffany Lord, who works in the Evans-Haynes Burn Center, uses virtual reality to help relieve patient and nursing staff stress.
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Research to understand and better treat MS
Ph.D. student Stephanie Buxhoeveden became one of just four nurse practitioners nationwide to earn a grant this year from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, which will help fund her research to understand and better treat multiple sclerosis.
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A streamlined, more affordable pathway to a DNP
A new offering at VCU will provide students who have earned a bachelor’s in nursing a streamlined, more affordable way to earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree, the highest clinical nursing degree. Application opens Sept. 1 for enrollment in our B.S. to DNP program for fall 2022.
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New scholarships for master's students
Nicolas Santalucia is following his dream to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with support from a new Helene Fuld Health Trust grant aimed at providing scholarships for nursing master’s students.
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Former combat medic prepares to graduate and become a nurse
Sgt. Henneh Adjei is preparing to graduate with an Accelerated B.S. in Nursing in December and hopes to work in a U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs hospital to help his fellow veterans.
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Providing an accelerated B.S. path to John Tyler students
The VCU School of Nursing will begin offering an accelerated B.S. course of study to registered nursing students at John Tyler Community College in fall 2020, making this VCU’s third community college partnership for co-enrollment. Applications open May 1 for fall 2020.
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Impacting global health
VCU School of Nursing students and faculty provided health outreach to villagers in the Highlands Region of Guatemala during an annual international service trip.
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Celebrating our newest graduates
VCU School of Nursing recognized 134 new graduates at our Fall 2019 Recognition Ceremony.
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A community college graduate helps others earn a bachelor's
Clinical assistant professor and alumna Tracye Proffitt (B.S.’02/N, M.S.’06/N) is the perfect example of how the RN to B.S. program works … and how it works even better now for students at Rappahannock and Southside Virginia Community Colleges.
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