College of Nursing

UNMC College of Nursing welcomes new leaders

Nursing Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, welcomes the innovative leaders to help advance the college’s mission.

Oct 2, 2025

Suzanne Nuss, PhD, Tracie Kirkland, DNP, PhD, and Kristi Lynch

Nursing’s new emergency care program receives full validation

With recognition by the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, the ENP program will have its first cohort in January.

Sep 26, 2025

Haley Hays, DNP, UNMC College of Nursing, leads an intubation exercise with nursing students Laura Rogers and Jamie Granatowicz in the simulation lab at the Davis Global Center on the Omaha campus. The exercise will be part of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner Post-Graduate Certificate program, which welcomes its first cohort in January 2026.

UNMC enrollment rises for 25th straight year

The steady growth is a testament to UNMC’s continued focus on growing the state’s health workforce.

Sep 8, 2025

UNMC campus sign

Sweden trip shows PhD students new world of nursing

Kortney Curtman and Melinda Pariser-Schmidt, both PhD students in nursing with infant-related focuses, visited neonatal intensive care units across the country.

Jul 11, 2025

Melinda Pariser-Schmidt, left, and Kortney Curtman, both PhD students in the UNMC College of Nursing

Dr. Black wins award – named after herself

Nursing’s Joyce Black, PhD, received the inaugural Joyce Black Award from the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel.

Jul 10, 2025

Joyce Black, PhD

‘There is tremendous interest and excitement’

The new UNMC health science education center in Kearney will provide health care training close to home for rural Nebraska.

Jul 8, 2025

The 110,000-square-foot Health Science Education Center II is under construction on the UNK campus. It’s scheduled to open early next year, allowing UNMC to expand its nursing and allied health programs in Kearney and offer new programs in medicine, pharmacy and public health.

Nursing to hold 30th annual pharmacological conference

The event, titled ‘Pharmacological Management of Clients across the Lifespan,’ will be July 17-19.

Jul 1, 2025

Stock image of pharmaceuticals and a prescription note pad

Dr. Nuss named assistant dean for nursing’s Omaha division

Suzanne Nuss, PhD, brings deep experience with UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and the nursing field.

Jun 30, 2025

Suzanne Nuss, PhD

UNMC College of Nursing in Omaha to offer twice-yearly admissions

First spring cohort of incoming nursing students in Omaha set for January 2026.

Jun 11, 2025

Nursing students walking across campus

UNMC is educating the next generation of nurses

UNMC graduate and scholarship recipient Nolan Parks is becoming an ICU nurse in Omaha.

May 29, 2025

UNMC graduate Nolan Parks and Sharon Bonham Holyoke