Virginia Nursing Legacy Magazine Summer 2024 • VNL Magazine

New CNL Hires Show the 'Why'

Not every health system understands the value Clinical Nurse Leader positions bring. But UVA Health's dozen new CNL-specific hires who began in their roles last spring, including Emily Brady, May Gallanosa, and Ashley Walters, are already spearheading evidence-based improvement projects that aim to buttress staff satisfaction, retention, efficiency, all while improving the bottom line.

by Christine Kueter

Nursing Narratives

Nursing students write about the intersection of nursing and parenthood, and all the many ways that nurses in our lives from the very beginning.

From the Dean

Dean Marianne Baernholdt on the CNL program she helped develop 20 years ago, and the new CNL-specific roles that are just now beginning to take shape.

Should We Go Right, or Left?

Associate dean Melissa Gomes' on the once-segregated, still racialized beaches her home abuts in Hampton, Va., and how she navigates them.

ESSAY: A Glimmer of Light During the Pandemic

What Capt. E.J. Rauch, a DNP student, U.S. Army Nurse Corps member, learned when caring for his first-ever pregnant COVID patient and her baby.

ESSAY: If I Were Born Again, I'd Want to Be Born as You

The deep, loving, and complicated feelings CNL student Sabrina Munro has for her mother, who gave birth to her as a teenager.

ESSAY: Two Patients in One

Long-time labor and delivery nurse Melissa Neck, a BSN to DNP student, on tending moms, infants, and their birthing stories.

Class News and Notes

News from our alumni and a list of alumni who've recently died.

By the Numbers

Competency-based education and the AACN Essentials is driving changes at the School. A look at the curricular shifts and faculty development BY THE NUMBERS.