Virginia Nursing Legacy Magazine Summer 2022

An animation of the Room to Reflect resilience toolbox

Toolbox Timeout

When the pandemic struck, many hospital break rooms disappeared: too many ill patients and COVID-19 gear. So a trio of UVA Health nurses invented, deployed, and studied a new way to take five. Now, they're sharing their just-published process and results.

by Christine Kueter

Alumni and nurse practitioners Sara Covall and sister Rebecca Wassel

In Her Own Words

Why NP Sara Covall (left) applied for autonomous practice in Virginia, what it represents, and what she imagines for her future 'sisters' clinic.'

Happy. Satisfied. Resilient.

More than 9 in 10 CNL graduates report being 'satisfied" or 'extremely satisfied' with their personal and professional lives, according to a new study.

Marianne Baernholdt, 7th nursing dean and a global scholar.

Beginning With Intent

'We must wear our nursing proudly and out loud,' writes Dean Baernholdt, 'not on the sidelines but at the head of the surging, steaming, sometimes rowdy crowd.'

BSN students assess one another's blood pressure.

Transfers Transformed

Our first-ever cohort of 2-Year Accelerated Transfer-In BSN students, 25 strong, has arrived. And already, they're looking a lot like nurses.

Worth Noting

Disabled, pregnant people are nearly 3 times more likely to be IPV victims than non-disabled, pregnant peers, a new NIH-funded study finds.

Katherine Olivar Flores, BSN 26 and a Walentas Scholar

Scholar in the Spotlight

Incoming first-year BSN student Katherine Flores recalls the kindness of strangers who inspired her path to the U.S., and to UVA, with plans to pay it forward.

Learning, Continued.

A Sept. 24 Pediatric Pharmacology Updates conference. Clinical Updates from the Experts, a new free CE series. And a Nov. pediatric ELNEC. Explore upcoming CE.

Student in Focus

How RN to BSN student and former celebrity bodyguard Sean Selby traded a tux for nurses' scrubs.

In Brief

Pandemic art. An NIH health disparities scholar. And a treasure trove of awards for our scholars, teachers, advisors, and administrators.

[VIDEO] The History of Filipino Nurses

Meet Fulbright Scholar Ren Capucao, PhD student, who will travel to the Philippines in 2022-2023 to continue his investigation of Filipino American nurses.

[VIDEO] Dark Passage

PhD student Maria McDonald is investigating whether synthetic oxytocin during pregnancy and delivery adversely impacts the mental health of moms and babies.

[VIDEO] No More Lost to Follow-Up

A combination of HPV self-collection tests, rural clinic partners, and a new mHealth app are getting Nicaraguan women with cervical cancer the care they need.