College of Nursing News
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![Jan Kirkland (left) with her daughter, Hannah, at her high school graduation. Jan Kirkland (left) with her daughter, Hannah, at her high school graduation,.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/Kirkland1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=klyxyS9DKiBmbxaJizXpGD5qhBRl2PLS)
The Hannah and Jan Kirkland Memorial Scholarship provides tuition relief to nursing students from Columbiana county. The scholarship was created by Sally Kirkland to honor the lives of her late daughter Jan, and her late granddaughter Hannah. This generous scholarship will…
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![Will Grayson, who will graduate May 2021, sits on the porch railing of his townhouse.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/WillGrayson1500x600_1.jpg?VersionId=2R6Arb1.grkMwO8oz76rYGC4WXlvvOfm)
Will Grayson, who will graduate with his Bachelor of Science in Nursing in May 2021, was in his pediatric rotation at the hospital when his clinical group learned °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ would transition to remote learning last spring. Grayson said the switch to online courses was…
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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Nursing and Cleveland Clinic Akron General are joining forces to offer an adult/adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) certificate program beginning this fall. This collaborative one-year program was created to address the…
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In the course Community Health Nursing, Taryn Burhanna’s students are required to complete 60 clinical hours and eight laboratory simulation hours. Burhanna, community health nursing coordinator, wanted to ensure students in this course could get their hours and gain real-life…
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Faculty researchers from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Nursing were recently funded by the prestigious Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation with a yearlong President’s Grant award totaling $35,000. The goal of their study is to help ensure the competencies of new healthcare providers…
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![Photo of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ campus by Franklin Hall](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/01.26.21%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20campus%20by%20Franklin%20Hall_0.jpg?VersionId=l3nf.PcrtjfY0yyGiMnf3n5jxDyrHQAX)
U.S. News & World Report has named four °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2021. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is recognized in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs, Best Online MBA Programs, Best Online MBA – Business Analytics Programs and Best…
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As the year draws to an end, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ College of Nursing would like to express its gratitude to the following donors for their generous gifts. Through their support, our faculty and students will have the opportunity to expand their research interests, attend…
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![Various nursing students wearing personal protective equipment while practicing skills in the nursing lab at Henderson Hall on the Kent campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Giving-Tuesday-header_v2-web_0.jpg?VersionId=qTFmCLfvC_E6HqPFlyh8LDpuQbJuBxXk)
This year during our Giving Tuesday Campaign from November 9 through December 1, the College of Nursing community rallied together to help raise over $10,000 in support for the Race into Finals Emergency Fund. This featured Giving Tuesday fund was created several years ago to…
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Both the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in nursing, established in the 1960s, and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), initiated in the early 2000s, provide doctoral degree programs allowing graduates to address the needs of patients and improve the constantly changing healthcare…