Scholarships are available for 20 Mingo County nurses who would like to complete the Faith Community Nursing program. Taught by the WVU School of Nursing, Faith Community Nursing focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promoting holistic health and preventing or minimizing illness in a faith community.
To help students build critical thinking skills in a time-sensitive setting, a WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus instructor recently led a health-related escape room.
The WVU School of Nursing welcomes the Nurse Anesthetist Class of 2025!
The WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus, in partnership with WVU Potomac State College and WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital, recently hosted a Nursing Academy for Mineral County middle school students interested in nursing as a career.
Thanks to a collaboration between West Virginia University and Amizade, the West Virginia Virtual Service Learning to Brazil Program allowed students to learn about the healthcare system directly from clinicians in medicine, physical therapy and dentistry in an online environment.
Faith communities aren’t solely places for worship and religion, according to West Virginia University research. They can also serve as conduits in addressing the mental health needs of congregants.
For Dr. Ashley Tasker, an assistant professor with the West Virginia University School of Nursing, addiction studies is a passion. “We’re surrounded by substance use disorder (SUD),” Tasker said. “We have to be part of the solution.”
The WVU School of Nursing's Addiction Nursing Care courses have received recent media coverage from the following outlets: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, The Dominion Post and WTRF.
Sponsored by the West Virginia University School of Medicine Global Health Program and Health Sciences Global Engagement Office, Global Health Week will be held Sept. 19-23. Featuring speakers from across the United States, this year’s topics include COVID-19 pandemic response and vaccine equity, landmine eradication, global critical care and international aid.
Carley Knuckles, a junior nursing student at the West Virginia University School of Nursing Beckley Campus, recently attended the 21st Annual Mid-Year Training Institute hosted by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), which aims to create and maintain safe, healthy and drug-free communities globally.