Nursing

Regents approve plan for Spokane nursing building

PULLMAN – The Board of Regents approved the schematic design Friday (Jan. 27) for a $34.6 million building to house the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing on the Riverpoint campus of WSU Spokane.The 80,000-square-foot building will replace the school’s current facilities on Fort George Wright Drive. It will include a nursing practice lab, […]

McDonald Care Mobile open house Jan. 6

The Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing will be hosting a community Open House 9-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, to showcase the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile (RMCM), a mobile medical and dental clinic that provides health care services to area children.  The goal of the Open House is to introduce the RMCM to current […]

Helpful hints for hand washing

As the cold and flu season approaches, it is important that people remember to wash their hands often. This year it may be especially important as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention predicts 5-20 percent of the population will get the flu this year, with more than 200,000 flu-related hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths (www.cdc.gov/flu). […]

ICN students gain awareness through Refugee Project

More than 50 students and faculty from the WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing participated in a simulation project to raise awareness and learn about the treatment of refugees fleeing persecution and seeking asylum in the United States. The simulation, “Refugee Project- Escape to Freedom,” was sponsored by World Relief Seattle. It featured four different stations […]

WSU Spokane enrollment climbs to another record high

Washington State University experienced its largest ever fall enrollment in Spokane, with continued strength in the health sciences, design disciplines, nursing and education. Enrollment in Spokane programs reached a headcount of 1,535 this fall, an increase of 7.6 percent over fall 2004. Programs taught at the Riverpoint campus reached an all-time high of 753 full-time […]

Evidence-based approach focus of scholar events

Nationally recognized educator, pediatric and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner Dr. Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk will be the featured speaker at the 2005 Cleveland Visiting Scholar events hosted by the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing Sept. 22 in Spokane.Melnyk, dean and distinguished foundation professor in nursing at Arizona State University, has authored more than […]

Diagnosing the effectiveness of summer nursing institute

In a continued university effort to assess instruction in order to offer the best undergraduate education, WSU’s Intercollegiate College of Nursing (ICN) plans to research the effectiveness of its Native American Summer Nursing Institute. The institute, which has been in operation since 1995, is intended to recruit Native American students into college and nursing. “Early […]

WSU Tri-Cities nursing students back from Katrina relief effort

Nine WSU Tri-Cities nursing students-all working toward their bachelor degree in nursing-have returned from a week of volunteer service to Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Louisiana.The students, who spent the week dispensing medications, medical care and supplies to victims and working 12-hour shifts to relieve weary medical teams, arrived home the night of Sept. 11 and […]

Grant expands dental services on McDonald’s Care Mobile

The Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing has received a $28,937 grant from the Washington Dental Service Foundation to provide restorative dental care for children using the health care services of the Spokane Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. The grant, named the Spokane Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Cavity Fighter and Fixer, will expand upon the […]

Summer nursing program to research effectiveness

In a continued effort “to offer the best undergraduate experience in a research university,” the first goal of WSU’s Strategic Plan, WSU’s Intercollegiate College of Nursing will research the effectiveness of its Native American Summer Nursing Institute. The Na-Ha-Shnee Native American Summer Nursing Institute is a WSU program designed to recruit Native American students into […]