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Faculty Practice Feature: Kelly Lemon

At the WVU School of Nursing, we define faculty practice as direct patient care and other professional nursing services provided by nursing faculty, through formal relationships with individuals, communities, and other entities, as part of the assigned workload duties.

WVU-trained faith community nurse shows resilience in flood-ravaged Bradshaw

In the small town of Bradshaw, faith community nurse Melissa Coleman has been a steady presence at her nurse-led access to care point within the Bradshaw Church of God. For years, she has provided health screenings, education, and spiritual support to her neighbors. But when devastating floods recently swept through the community, leaving homes, businesses, and even her faith community under water, Coleman found herself not only displaced but also without the space that had become a vital resource for so many.

WVU nursing faculty aim to enhance rural home care for chronically ill through NIH award

With a $2.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Nursing Research that is one of the largest ever for the WVU School of Nursing, the faculty researchers aim to support these families while increasing access to care in the rural reaches of the Mountain State by testing an integrated, nurse-led intervention for family home care management of end-stage heart failure and palliative care.