The School of Nursing invites the BSN sophomore classes of August 2023 and December 2024 to participate in the Nursing Pledge Ceremony to be held in the Okey Patteson Auditorium at 5 p.m. Friday (Feb. 4).
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The WVU Student Nurses Association will host a conversation about ethnic hair, including hair care and struggles in personal and professional life due to ethnic hair. The event will be held Feb. 19 from 1-3 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair and on Zoom.
Genetic Services in Appalachia Seminar Series will continue today (Feb. 1) from noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom. The session will be led by Rebecca Kronk who will discuss the role of nurses in genetics services and share information regarding the International Society of Nurses in Genetics. There are no participant fees to attend.
The Cardio-Oncology Program at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been named a Gold Center of Excellence – the highest possible designation – by the International Cardio-Oncology Society.
To help improve the quality of life for West Virginians and residents in the Appalachian region, West Virginia University’s School of Public Health is offering an evidence-based approach to preventing, treating and often reversing chronic disease, 85 percent of which is attributable to lifestyle risk factors.
With the help of two School of Nursing faculty, dozens of young Mountaineers learned how to locate and hear a heartbeat on SAM, a Student Auscultation Manikin from the WV STEPS Center, during the 2022 WVU Day at the Legislature.