News and Events

SON Graduate Education Featured in the News & Observer

On Sunday March 10, the Raleigh News & Observer published a front-page story highlighting the SON’s new DNP program.

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Ross Distinguished Professorship to Support Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Carol Morde Ross

Carol Ross’ life work has focused on alleviating the suffering associated with psychiatric illness and mental health challenges.

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Board of Governors Approves DNP Curriculum for the SON

UPDATE: Please read the DNP FAQ to learn about our DNP Program, Application Requirements, and find out who is eligible to apply now. Please click here.

In a letter to the SON community, Dean Kristen Swanson announced that the SON will be adding a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree to the school’s educational program. The following message was sent to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the SON:

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SON DNP program in planning phase

Dean Swanson Receives Prestigious Award From The University of Rhode Island

Dean Kristen Swanson

Dean Swanson Named First Virginia Mason Distinguished Nursing Scholar

Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor Kristen M. Swanson, RN, PhD, FAAN, was appointed as Virginia Mason Medical Center’s first Distinguished Nursing Scholar in recognition of her contributions to nursing and to the Virginia Mason Nursing Model of Care.

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Beth Black Receives NIH Funding to Study End of Life Care

Beth Black, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor Dr. Beth Black has received funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research at NIH for her grant entitled “End-of-Life Care After Severe Fetal Diagnosis.” The grant is for $407,000 over 2 years to study the implementation of a perinatal palliative care program at the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health, and responses to a life-threatening fetal diagnosis by women, their partners and health care providers.

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School of Nursing Ranking Climbs to #4 Among Graduate Schools

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing tied for fourth in the 2011U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate School rankings.

Dean Swanson comments on Bush’s miscarriage on Time.com

Dean Kristen Swanson

In a story on Time.com, UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing Dean Kristen Swanson comments on George W. Bush talking about the miscarriage his mother had when he was a teenager:

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