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Kent Nursing Researcher Receives $50,000 Grant to Explore Use of Cognitive Behavioral App Among Family Caregivers

Kent State College of Nursing Assistant Professor, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, recently received a $50,000 two-year grant through the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to research family caregivers who experience a phenomenon called post intensive care syndrome family (PICS-F) that ma…

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Building Resiliency During Serious Illness Crisis

Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, and Tracey Motter, DNP, RN, researchers from Kent State College of Nursing, along with Maureen Keeley, Ph.D., Texas State, have developed a website to offer information, support via blog participation and research opportunities for famil…

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A Kent State University College of Nursing student gets hands-on experience with a patient simulator in the Olga M. Mural Simulation Lab in Henderson Hall.

COVID-19 Provides Kent State Nursing Students Unparalleled Experience

During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in  Kent State University’s College of Nursing have been employed in hospitals throughout Northeast Ohio, where they have honed their skills and observed healthcare professionals on the front lines.

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Kent State University College of Nursing Launches Redesigned Ph.D. in Nursing Program

Kent State University’s College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020.

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Winter 2020 Center for Nursing Research Newsletter Released

Download the Winter 2020 Center for Nursing Research Newsletter to read about the latest publications, presentations, grant awards, and other scholarly recognitions of Kent State Nursing faculty and students.

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Wendy Umberger, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate programs at Kent State University’s College of Nursing, stands with Jim K. Tudhope, DNP, the first Kent State Peg’s Foundation Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholar recipient.

Peg’s Foundation Gifts Kent State’s College of Nursing $165,000 Grant to Advance Mental Health Care in Northeast Ohio

Kent State University’s College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio. 

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Wendy Umberger, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate programs at Kent State University’s College of Nursing, stands with Jim K. Tudhope, DNP, the first Kent State Peg’s Foundation Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholar recipient.

Peg’s Foundation Gifts Kent State’s College of Nursing $165,000 Grant to Advance Mental Health Care in Northeast Ohio

Kent State University’s College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio. 

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Wendy Umberger, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC, associate dean for graduate programs stands next to Jim K. Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC,, who was the first Kent State Peg's Foundation Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholar recipient.

Peg’s Foundation Gifts Kent Nursing $165,000 Grant to Advance Mental Health Care in NE Ohio

Kent State University College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation which supports mental health programs in northeast Ohio. Wendy Umberger, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC, associate dean f…

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Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., serves as coordinator and Elliot Professor in the Healthcare Design Program in Kent State University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

Kent State Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms

Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a Kent State University researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.

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Kent State University alumna Pat Gless reflects on May 4, 1970, near what was then the ambulance bay of the old Ravenna hospital.

Kent State Nursing Alumna Reflects on May 4 Tragedy

In the spring of 1970, two-time Kent State University alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in Kent State’s inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. Fifty years later, Gless now reflects on the events surrounding that tragedy and how they have impacted her life and nursing career.

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