Nurse-midwife Rebecca Benfield, Ph.D., (Nursing) and Edward R. Newton, M.D., published an open access article, "Use of External Uterine Electromyography Across Stage I Labor," in the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. High-quality data demonstrate that EMG instrumentation effectively and accurately measures uterine contraction parameters…

Reimund Serafica (lead author) and Lorraine Evangelista (both Nursing), and Timothy Grigsby (Public Health) and Bradley Donohue (Psychology) co-authored an article, "Occupational Stress: A Concept Analysis with Implications for Immigrant Workers' Mental Health in the United States." The paper conceptually examined occupational stress among…

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing), Tirth Bhatta (Sociology), and Joel Snyder (Psychology) published an article, "The Primacy of Compassionate Love: Loneliness and Psychological Well-being in Later Life", in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. The study provides evidence of the beneficial role of compassionate…

Reimund Serafica (lead-author), Jennifer Kawi, Andrew Thomas Reyes, and Lorraine Evangelista (all Nursing), and Miguel Fudolig and Francisco Sy (Public Health) co-authored an article, "Correlates of Psychological Distress Among Filipino Americans and Filipinos Living in Urban Areas in the United States and the Philippines." The study aimed to…

Angela Amar (Nursing) presented on Health Equity in Nursing Education. She was an invited panelist at the Annual Summit of Nurse Trust in New Orleans on March 14.

Dean Angela Amar (Nursing) has been elected as the secretary-treasurer for the Western Institute of Nursing. She will be inducted during the Membership Assembly on Friday, April 21.

Candace Burton (Nursing) was published in the Journal of Forensic Nursing. The article was first-authored by Burton's Ph.D student (now candidate) using her existing data, and will be included in a special issue of the Journal of Forensic Nursing on Health Disparity and Health Equity in Forensic Nursing. Gepshtein, Y. &…

A new episode of Vital Views has been published, featuring Imelda Reyes and Jennifer Vanderlaan (both Nursing). They explain the importance of Nevada Assembly Bill 108 (AB 108) and explore the benefits to both nurses and residents of the state.

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) was a co-author for a newly published article titled, "Timing of hospital admission at first childbirth: A prospective cohort study." The article was released in PLOS ONE Journal.

Dean Angela Amar (Nursing) is featured in, "Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders," a series by Minority Nurse. 

Angela Amar (Nursing) was part of the National League for Nursing strategic action group that developed a newly-published vision statement on integrating competency-based education in nursing curriculum.

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) is the lead author of the article, "Passive Suicidal Ideations in Older Adults: A Case Report," in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Serafica co-published with Timothy Grigsby (Public Health). The article presents the diagnosis and treatment of an older adult with depression and passive suicide ideation (SI).