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Current Nursing News

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From serving in the U.S. Army to becoming part of the BTS ARMY, the assistant director of Nursing’s CRNA program is paving the way with an inspiring career full of 'firsts.'

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People |

The UNLV School of Nursing Alumnus of the Year overcame a rocky academic start to earn two degrees in a field that has long been his calling.

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Business and Community |

The two-time UNLV graduate is funding a scholarship to help others join the ranks of nursing.

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Campus News |

President Chris Heavey recognizes 10 students for their staunch commitment to academic excellence and service to the community.

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Campus News |

Despite working with a challenging U.S. market, team STheory's bold strategy leads to big payoff.

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UNLV Health Sciences schools team up with other state institutions to showcase faculty and student work.

Nursing In The News

Becker's ASC Review

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Nursing has enrolled the first cohort of students in its certified registered nurse anesthetist program.

KSNV-TV: News 3

A first-of-its-kind nursing program on the West Coast launched at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in July to address the shortage of forensic nurses across the state. A healthcare professional said there are 12 actively practicing forensic nurses but the state needs nearly 130, based on research.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

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.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

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.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

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.

KSNV-TV: News 3

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.

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Recent Nursing Accomplishments

Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (Nursing) delivered a podium presentation titled, "Addressing mTBI Recovery: Early Life Adversity, Mental Health, and Accessible Treatment Solutions with Mobile Health Intervention" at the 39th Annual Conference of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) held Oct. 15-18, 2025 in New Orleans. This presentation…
Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) presented a podium presentation at the 51st Annual International Conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS) in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 31, 2025. The title of his presentation was “Cultural Food, Chronic Illness, and Coping: Filipino American Experiences of Food Insecurity in a U.S. Primary Care…
Reimund Serafica, Catherine Dingley (Nursing), and Joseph Morgan (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article titled, “Leveraging Simulation to Understand Nursing Student Learning in Technologically Complex Environments,” in Clinical Simulation in Nursing. The publication is based on the…
Reimund Serafica (Nursing) presented a podium presentation, “Breaking the Salt Cycle: Exploring Food Insecurity, Mental Health , and Dietary Adherence in Filipino Americans with Hypertension,” at the 51st Transcultural Nursing Society National Conference in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 30, 2025. 
Esmeralda Clark (Nursing) presented  a podium presentation, “A Double-Edged Sword: Lived Experiences of Latinx Nursing Students who Speak English as an Additional Language,” at the 51st Transcultural Nursing Society National Conference in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 31, 2025.   
Reimund Serafica, Andrew Thomas Reyes (both Nursing), Francisco Sy (Public Health), and their co-authors from Veteran's Affairs Long Beach Health Care System, CA, University of Texas Health, Houston, TX, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and University of California, Irvine, CA, received the 2024 Journal of Transcultural Nursing Best…