Sickle cell disease — the inherited, lifelong blood disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans — has serious implications, impeding the flow of blood and oxygen throughout the body. And in Tennessee, about 3,000 people suffer from it, according to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to fund a much-needed expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training and certification in West Tennessee. June 16:WREG June 16: WMC-TV June 16:… Read More
Memphis Medical News: The Doctor of Nursing (DNP) program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has been ranked No. 26 on the U.S. News & World Report list of DNP programs in the magazine’s 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. This ranking places the UTHSC College of Nursing DNP program… Read More
A nationwide — and Mid-South — nursing shortage is getting another potential pipeline for nurse graduates. The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science (UTHSC) announced April 22 a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. This new program is a traditional, two-year path to a BSN degree. UTHSC already offers… Read More
The doctor of nursing program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has been ranked No. 26 on the list of doctor of nursing programs in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. The UTHSC doctor of nursing program ranks in the top 8% of all 357… Read More
Six years ago, Memphis had two or three midwives. It now has at least 10. Late this summer, it will have a program to train doctorate-level nurses in midwifery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. It is the only program in a public university in the tri-state area and the second in the… Read More
A recent study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, has found a novel way to identify a high potential for developing Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms occur. Ray Romano, Ph.D., RN, completed the research as part of his Ph.D. in the Nursing Science Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of… Read More
An accelerated nursing program that started in 2019 is now producing nurses who have started their careers in the middle of a pandemic. WMC Action News 5 spoke with the director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center program. Earning a BSN in a year, that’s what UTHSC’s current round of applicants will do… Read More
