Summer 2024

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.

Spring 2024

There are many ways that nurses and nurses-to-be become and amplify their practice at UVA. From our three BSN pathways, two routes to a DNP, a fully funded PhD program for nurse scientists, and the five specialty tracks to a master’s degree, including our award-winning CNL program, there is something for every nurse (and those who want to be nurses) at every professional stage.

Winter 2024

Alarm clocks and morning blood pressure surges. Nursing Narratives' "Tiny Love Stories." How expired, donated meds pose ethical conundrums in global environments. A new RN to BSN "buddy" system and the door-to-door care offered by alumna Betsy Peyton's WellAWARE, now funded by UVA Health.

Fall 2023

What does it mean to be a nursing professor in 2023? A lot of things. A look at all the ways faculty members are involved in every facet of the School's inner workings and public face: as emergency responders, scientists, legislative leaders, recruiters, retention specialists, inventors, technology gurus, and, of course, teachers.

Summer 2023

As an ICU nurse, Maj. Q Wright knew patients' unmet social needs influenced everything from medication adherence to their mental health. She didn't anticipate, however, that deploying a new screening tool at a dialysis clinic would yield such dramatic results, ultimately changing screening protocols across a dozen clinics and earning her a scholarly publication. Why social needs screenings matter.

Spring 2023

Teacher. Mentor. Historian. Even a "Living Legend." Brodie, who died in February 2023, impacted thousands across her long, varied life as a nurse, educator, and friend.

Winter 2023

What is mattering, and how might it strengthen healthcare organizations and schools?

Fall 2022

Meet Dean Marianne Baernholdt.

Summer 2022

Toolbox Timeout. A trio of UVA Health nurses invented a "resilience toolbox” that nurses can use when they need a moment to themselves.

Spring 2022

Lead On. Meet seven UVA-educated nurses who invent, influence, inform, and lead in big and small ways.

Winter 2022

Fall 2021

The Science of Relief: highlighting research from our Symptom Science area of excellence