The school’s Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE) develops and disseminates best practices for the care of older adults across multiple settings.
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In 1859, Florence Nightingale published “Notes on Nursing,” the first instruction manual of any kind for nurses. Then in 1893 at the World’s Fair in Chicago, the idea of higher education for nurses was introduced. The profession has come a long way since those days. And the School of Nursing at the UW has been… Read more »
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The UW-Madison School of Nursing does more than educate nurses in Madison classrooms and clinics. Its instructors and researchers also develop systems and products that help spread, to borrow from the Wisconsin Idea, the beneficent influence of the university to every home (and healthcare institution) in the state and around the world.
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To prepare leaders who improve human health. That’s the mission of the School of Nursing. And it will continue to be the mission as the school strives to meet the health needs of Wisconsin and beyond.
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With her small-town roots and big-campus dreams, McKenzie Capouch ’17 is not unlike many UW–Madison students. For her, home is Ettrick, Wisconsin: population 1,300. That is roughly a hundred more people than students in Witte Hall, the residence hall where Capouch spent her freshman year. “I moved in on my own, and I was a… Read more »
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For many kids, the school nurse may be the only healthcare professional they see consistently. And the challenges many school nurses face are familiar to medical professionals everywhere: too little time, too few resources, and not enough opportunities for collaboration with peers.
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Richard Sinaiko ’66 calls UW–Madison the love of his life, ranking the university behind only his family. And he has shown that love the way many alumni do — donating time, influence, and resources to his alma mater. Somewhat surprisingly, the generous School of Nursing donor is not a nurse. That was his mother. And… Read more »
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They talk. They breathe. They bleed. But they are not alive. They are high-fidelity mannequins used in the Center for Technology-Enhanced Nursing (CTEN), a cutting-edge simulation lab in Signe Skott Cooper Hall. The mannequins garner a lot of attention — and for good reason. These human-like interactive tools come as close as possible to being… Read more »
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