This infographic was created by Marty Baragiola and originally published in the spring 2019 issue of UMSL Magazine as a companion to Back to the Basics: Guatemala trip challenges nursing students to learn new diagnostic techniques, empowers future practice.  Read More…

Infographic: An International Impact

Learning how to care for families rather than individuals was just one rare challenge Njihi and 11 of his College of Nursing peers faced this January in Guatemala. The trip was the inaugural excursion in what will be biannual study abroad opportunities. Every third year, the College of Nursing will return […]

Back to the Basics: Guatemala trip challenges nursing students to ...

Currently, more than 400 student veterans have found a home on the UMSL campus. They blend right into the rest of the student population as they work to earn their degrees and brighten their futures. Margaret Rheinecker, Air Force veteran, nursing major “I like interacting with patients and the ability to […]

Success after service: Student veterans find community, place to launch ...

Twenty-five tenure and non-tenure track faculty members at the University of Missouri–St. Louis have earned promotions ahead of the 2019-20 academic year. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Kristin Sobolik announced the promotions, which are effective Aug. 1. Congratulations to Alicia Hutchings, College of Nursing! Read More…

Provost Kristin Sobolik announces 25 faculty promotions taking effect before ...

In 2008, Mwariri immigrated to St. Louis and, influenced by his nurse uncle, enrolled in the University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Nursing in 2017. Now, two years later, he is poised to graduate from the RN to BSN program with the Shirley A. Martin Distinguished Nurse Award, which is presented to a student […]

Peter Mwariri hopes to use his nursing degrees to better ...

When you meet Marianne and Lance Huff, your mind will inevitably fill with the most cliché phrases – but that’s not a bad thing. Both are enrolled in the College of Nursing RN to BSN program, though Marianne is ahead of Lance and is on track to graduate in May. They returned […]

The Huffs find their groove at UMSL

The University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Nursing graduate programs shone in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. Released today, U.S. News puts both the Master of Science in Nursing and the Doctorate of Nursing Practice programs as the top public option in the St. Louis region, and both leapfrogged the University of […]

US News & World Report ranks UMSL graduate programs in ...

In conjunction with her August 2018 graduation, Anne Thatcher was awarded the College of Nursing’s Innovations in Clinical Practice award in recognition of her cutting-edge DNP clinical scholarship project. A Navvis human resources recruiter happened to witness Thatcher’s presentation at the awards ceremony, and she started at that “perfect” job last September. This spring, she […]

DNP project empowers ‘psych whisperer’ Anne Thatcher’s large-scale care ambitions

On Feb. 13, six DNP and four PhD students along with College of Nursing Associate Teaching Professor and DNP Program Director Laura Kuensting set priorities, prepped talking points and headed to Missouri’s capital, Jefferson City, to present their cases to lawmakers. The group went as part of the Association of Missouri Nurse Practitioners 2019 APRN Advocacy […]

Student nurses call for expanded practice on APRN Advocacy in ...