School of Nursing News
The School of Nursing educates nurses at the undergraduate and graduate levels to meet health care needs in Nevada and beyond. We promote, improve, and sustain human health through evidence-based education and advances in research and practice.
Current Nursing News
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Students from across disciplines invest a half million (virtual) dollars to learn how to make real-time investment decisions.
UNLV fills gaps in healthcare by growing Nevada's midwifery workforce with certified nurse midwives.
Nursing In The News
The UNLV School of Nursing kicked off its 6th annual Nurse Camp, welcoming 90 high school students from across Nevada who are exploring a future career in nursing.
There should be more than 120 forensic nurses working across Nevada, a health care professional told the 8 News Now Investigators, but the state has 12. That’s prompting leaders at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to offer a program to train more.
After one of their own had a family member impacted by the Palisades Fire, UNLV nursing students quickly came together to collect what they can and will hold a community donation drive this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the UNLV Clinical Simulation Center.
UNLV's School of Nursing hosted its annual fall festival on Thursday. The school welcomed prospective students, families, and community members to learn about the programs and have a good time.
This year, Rutgers University reinstated the nurse-midwifery master’s training it had eliminated in 2016. The University of Alabama-Birmingham also restarted its master’s in nurse-midwifery program in 2022 after a 25-year hiatus. In addition, George Washington University in Washington, DC, Loyola University in New Orleans, and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas added master’s training in nurse-midwifery.
Amid a nationwide nursing shortage, innovative strategies are emerging to attract the next generation of healthcare heroes. From holistic admission processes to dual degree programs, the race is on to fill the healthcare gap by redefining how we recruit nursing students.
