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Nursing alum receives Alumni Award of Merit
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 16:16

The Alumni Association's Annual General Meeting & Awards Presentations will feature the presentation of their highest honour, the Alumni Award of Merit, to Janet Davidson, BScN '71, LLD '09, President & CEO of Trillium Health Centre in Mississauga. Working her way to the top, Davidson started her career as a general duty nurse before moving into administrative roles with the Red Cross, Alberta Department of Health. She served as President & CEO of Toronto East General Hospital and is a former CEO of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. (from Alumni eNews, October 2011)

Nursing Alum proud of UWindsor contacts
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 16:18

Katie Moriarty (BScN 1985) is proud of the way that contacts she made studying nursing at the University of Windsor remain important to her work. A clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Nursing, she is one of the founders of a project to bring nursing students from Taiwan to see the Canadian and U.S. health care systems. A group of four third-year students from Taipei Medical University were on the UWindsor campus last week.

Work Authority Store Hours Change (for purchasing nursing uniforms)
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 15:45

Work Authority's 2001 Provincial Road location (Windsor) has new hours of operation, as follows:

  • M-F 9:00am-6:00pm
  • Sat 9:00am-6:00pm
  • Sun 10:00am-5:00pm

Work Authority apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.
 

Nursing professors receive grant for "Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Nurse Practitioner-Led Outreach Program for Long-Term Care Homes."
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 00:00

Professors Maher El-Masri and Lorna de Witt have received a Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care grant for their research study titled "Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Nurse Practitioner-Led Outreach Program for Long-Term Care Homes."

Researchers hope findings on local childhood obesity rates will get kids healthier and more physically active.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 16:23

Two UWindsor researchers hope their recent study findings on local childhood obesity rates will help area health officials hammer home their message that kids need to eat healthier and get more physical activity. “Now that we have local data we’re really hoping that we can tailor some health promotion strategies and programs to the information that we obtained,” said Sarah Woodruff, an assistant professor in kinesiology. Along with Kathy Fryer, a lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing, Woodruff helped lead a team of researchers who discovered that Grade 7 students in Windsor and Essex County have higher than national average rates for being overweight or obese.

The team surveyed more than 1,000 students at 26 schools from both area boards and found that 42 percent of them were either overweight or obese, compared to the national average of 34 percent. The study also found: 

Nursing student remembered
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 00:00

Heidi Wong is remembered as a sweet and kind student who will be missed by her friends and classmates. The 19-year-old student, who had just completed her first year in the collaborative nursing program, died June 14.

She would have made a wonderful nurse, said Jacqueline Mellish, residence life coordinator in Wong's residence, Macdonald Hall. "She was always very sweet and nice," Mellish said. "Heidi was part of a group of friends who participated together in activities on the 10th floor."

Campus flags will be lowered Friday in Wong's memory. Funeral services are planned for Saturday in Markham, Ontario.

2011 Nursing Graduates Profiles
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 00:00

2011 Nursing Graduates Profiles

Medical mannequins no dummies
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 00:00

"Medical mannequins no dummies" - Video about the Faculty of Nursing Simulation Lab from The Windsor Star

Emergency in the 'sim room
Saturday, June 4, 2011 - 00:00

"Emergency in the 'sim room'" - Article about the Faculty of Nursing Simulation Lab from The Windsor Star

University applauds nursing expansion
Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 00:00

 "University applauds nursing expansion" - Article about the Faculty of Nursing's approved expansion on the 3rd Floor Medical Education Building, from The Windsor Star