Patient Care Walking on Air By Patrick Broadwater Aug. 3, 2021 Kim Olfano, who overcame devastating leg injuries thanks to the help of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, is now a nurse in the hyperbaric suite at the Strong Wound Healing Center helping patients go ...
Education Doubling Down to Help Others By Patrick Broadwater Jul. 30, 2021 Born and raised in Jamaica, Ranae and Shanae McKenzie are identical twins with identical passions. Both came to the U.S. for their undergraduate education and now are nursing students together. In ...
Education Collaboration, Innovative Use of Technology Help Psych NP Students Hone Suicide Prevention Skills By Ivy Burruto Jul. 30, 2021 A new collaboration between the University of Rochester School of Nursing and the Department of Psychiatry takes an innovative approach to educating students in suicide prevention.
Education Stealthily Wealthy By Patrick Broadwater Jul. 19, 2021 Although she lived modestly, Evelyn Lutz quietly amassed a small fortune. When she died at age 86, she left more than $2 million to universities that helped shape her life as a nurse, professor, and ...
Education New Role—and Big Goals—for Nursing's Equity and Inclusion Leader By Ivy Burruto Jul. 1, 2021 Sheniece L. Griffin, DNP, RN, CNL, is URMC’s newly appointed Nursing Director for Equity and Inclusion in Nursing Practice. The role may be brand-new to her—and to the system—but she has valuable ...
People Loretta Ford: Celebrating a Century of Nursing Greatness By Patrick Broadwater Apr. 16, 2021 During a global pandemic that has underscored the importance of nursing, the profession took a moment to celebrate one of its living legends, Loretta Ford, who turned 100 in December.
Education Shattering Glass Ceilings By Patrick Broadwater Feb. 17, 2021 The installation of Kathi Heffner, PhD, and Vankee Lin, PhD, RN, as Wilson Professors was unlike any that had come before it. For starters, this was the University of Rochester’s first virtual ...
Patient Care When Preparation Meets Opportunity By Patrick Broadwater Feb. 17, 2021 Brian Graves ’96N, ’01N (MS), ’12N (PhD) always had a deep love for the University of Rochester. You don’t graduate three times from a school you’re ambivalent about.
Education Health Care Hero By Ivy Burruto Feb. 16, 2021 Jose Perpignan ’16N waited in front of his computer for an interview to begin one October morning, completely unaware he was moments away from receiving a life-changing amount of money. On live TV.
Patient Care Megan Reynolds: Change Agent By Ivy Burruto Feb. 8, 2021 From an early age, Megan Reynolds ’19N has had a passion for helping people. Her path eventually led her to Mexico to provide health care at a refugee camp.
