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Nursing PhD student receives competitive leadership scholarship

Karla Kerkove, UNMC College of Nursing PhD student, was one of two students nationally to receive the Deborah E. Trautman Future Nurse Leader Scholarship.

Feb 5, 2024

Karla Kerkove, UNMC College of Nursing PhD student, received the Deborah E. Trautman Future Nurse Leader Scholarship.

Nursing professor re-elected to statewide board

Lynne Buchanan, PhD, was re-elected as vice president of the Nebraska Nurses Association Board of Directors.

Feb 5, 2024

Lynne Buchanan, PhD, was re-elected as vice president of the Nebraska Nurses Association Board of Directors.

Retired nursing professor writes book on Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte

Nancy Waltman, PhD, wrote “Healer: Susan La Flesche Picotte” on the first Native American doctor in the U.S.

Nov 29, 2023

Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD,

Nursing faculty selected to 40 under 40 list

The faculty were honored by the Nebraska Nurses Association’s and Nebraska Organization of Nursing Leadership.

Nov 21, 2023

Norway exchange students see nursing in new light

Three students from Norway are spending a semester at the UNMC College of Nursing.

Nov 14, 2023

Vegard Valen, Annikken Olsen and Cecilie Hornburg traveled to Omaha from Norway to spend the semester in the undergraduate program at UNMC College of Nursing.

Nursing student finds new opportunity at New York camp

Savannah Peddicord, a BSN student at UNMC College of Nursing, found new nursing experiences with a summer internship at Brant Lake Camp in New York.

Oct 18, 2023

Savannah Peddicord, a BSN student at UNMC College of Nursing, completed a summer internship at Brant Lake Camp in New York. She is pictured with UNMC Alum Beth Bernstein, PhD, the camp's medical director.

Retired nursing professor pens book on Nebraska healthcare pioneer

Former College of Nursing professor Dr. Nancy Waltman recently published “Healer: Susan La Flesche Picotte,” a look at the United States’ first female Native American doctor.

Oct 18, 2023

Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD, the first female Native American doctor in the United States, is the subject of retired UNMC College of Nursing professor Nancy Waltman's book.

Fall/winter nursing events

Check out upcoming fall and winter events at the College of Nursing.

Oct 18, 2023

UNMC College of Nursing has several events planned this fall and winter.

Nursing faculty to be honored with research awards

Drs. Elizabeth Mollard, Michele Balas and Windy Alonso will accept UNMC research awards at the Nov. 9 ceremony.

Oct 18, 2023

Elizabeth Mollard, PhD; Michele Balas, PhD; and Windy Alonso, PhD, from left, will accept UNMC research awards at the Nov. 9 ceremony.

Norway exchange students see nursing in new light

Vegard Valen, Annikken Olsen and Cecilie Hornburg traveled to Omaha from Norway to spend the semester in the undergraduate program at UNMC College of Nursing.

Oct 18, 2023

Vegard Valen, Annikken Olsen and Cecilie Hornburg traveled to Omaha from Norway to spend the semester in the undergraduate program at UNMC College of Nursing.