Angel Smothers, clinical associate professor with the West Virginia University School of Nursing, was recently received a 2022 Award of Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research.
Heather Carter-Templeton, Chair of the West Virginia University School of Nursing Department of Adult Health, has been selected through a competitive application process for the National League for Nursing’s year-long LEAD program, one of two tracks in the NLN Leadership Institute.
Four West Virginia University School of Nursing students on the Beckley Campus have been awarded a nurse residency through the VALOR program at the Beckley VA Medical Center.
Five new WVU faculty members, including Heather Carter-Templeton with the WVU School of Nursing, have been selected by the Office of the Provost following a rigorous application process as the recipients of the 2022-24 Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Applied Faculty Fellowship, a multi-disciplinary initiative to bolster WVU’s culture of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Five West Virginia University School of Nursing students from the Morgantown and Keyser campuses recently attended the 70th Anniversary Convention of the National Student Nurses Association. Hosted in Salt Lake City, Utah, the convention was held April 6-10 with a theme of “Here’s to the Heroes.”
The WVU School of Nursing's recent story, "WVU School of Nursing faculty member leads Trans Safe Zone Trainings for faith communities," has been featured in several state media outlets.
The Advanced Spiritual Care course, offered by the West Virginia University School of Nursing, is designed to provide nurses with advanced knowledge and skill when providing spiritual care to their patients.
“As nurses, we know a diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria—a disconnect between the gender a person identifies as and the gender assigned at birth—can be very distressing,” Smothers said. “This training is a way to build supportive communities for our gender diverse friends.”
For an assignment in NSG-710, Kristen Cottrill, a CNRA student, wrote an opinion-editorial piece, Nurses face problem of workplace violence, which was published last week by the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Speaking on the theme “What’s Next?,” West Virginia University Health Sciences Chancellor and Executive Dean Dr. Clay Marsh recently took the stage at TEDxWVU.