Nursing

Nursing

Barbara Polivka, Ph.D., R.N., Shirley B. Powers Endowed Chair and Professor, UofL School of Nursing.

Researchers find unhealthy levels of chemicals in homes of older adults Study examines effects...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville have found high levels of several chemicals in the homes of local residents while examining...
UofL Care Partners

Schools of Dentistry and Nursing collaborate to offer new clinical service

Breaking down barriers to care while offering better patient service are reasons the University of Louisville Schools of Dentistry and Nursing will launch UofL...
UofL Care Partners

New clinic gives dental patients immediate access to nurse practitioner managed care UofL Care...

Breaking down barriers to care while offering better patient service are reasons the University of Louisville Schools of Dentistry and Nursing will launch UofL...
UofL School of Nursing Assistant Professor Montray Smith, M.S.N., R.N., at the Federal Medical Station in Manatí, Puerto Rico, where she provided care in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria with a federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

On call amid disaster: Nursing professor part of medical team deployed to Puerto Rico

As this year’s volatile Atlantic hurricane season progressed, Montray Smith knew it was a question of when – not if – she would be...
UofL School of Nursing Assistant Professor Montray Smith, M.S.N., R.N., at the Federal Medical Station in Manatí, Puerto Rico, where she provided care in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria with a federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

On call amid disaster Nursing assistant professor part of federal medical team deployed to...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As this year’s volatile Atlantic hurricane season progressed, Montray Smith knew it was a question of when – not if –...
Counties served by the eight Kentucky AHEC offices

AHEC programs improve Kentuckians’ health by increasing supply of health-care providers Area Health Education...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky ranks among the worst states for access to quality health care, and 96 of its 120 counties are medically underserved....
Counties served by the eight Kentucky AHEC offices

AHEC awarded funding to continue increased health care access to underserved areas

Kentucky ranks among the worst states for access to quality health care, and 96 of its 120 counties are medically underserved. Educating health care...
2017 University of Louisville School of Nursing Florence Nightingale Awards in Nursing recipients (left to right) Mary Beth Hurley, Carol Wright, Kristin Ashford, Gwen Moreland and Susan Jones. Not pictured: Linda Weston Kramer Tuttle.

Outstanding Kentucky nurses celebrated at 4th annual Nightingale Awards

Six nurses who have improved the lives of Kentuckians were honored at the University of Louisville School of Nursing fourth annual Florence Nightingale Awards...
Clockwise from top left: Health and Social Justice Scholars Tasha Golden, Devin McBride, John C. Luttrell and Morgan Pearson

Meet UofL’s new Health and Social Justice Scholars

One doctoral student from each of the four schools on the University of Louisville Health Sciences Center campus has been selected for the second...

UofL researcher examines closing gender gap in nursing

A University of Louisville assistant economics professor is getting national attention for her research into why more men are becoming nurses, a career that...