by Amanda Rice | Sep 3, 2020 | CONtact Magazine, Features, Nursing
The year 2020 has been anything but ordinary. These unprecedented times have caused educators across the country to scramble to adjust their processes and lesson plans in order to ensure the safety of their students and faculty. Classes in the University of Wisconsin...
by Janice Stark | Aug 27, 2020 | CONtact Magazine
Since writing this update for the 2020 CONtact magazine, I have retired from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. After serving as the development director for the College of Nursing (CON) for the past three years and the previous 15 years for the College of Education...
by Liz Smith | Aug 27, 2020 | CONtact Magazine, Features, Nursing
As one of the nation’s leading nursing schools, alumni of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s College of Nursing are part of a growing network of more than 8,500 healthcare professionals. Understanding the opportunity and benefit that connecting these professionals...
by Natalie Johnson | Aug 27, 2020 | CONtact Magazine, Features, Nursing
Healthcare in Wisconsin just got a big boost of doctoral-prepared nurse anesthetists from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. After three years of intense study, research and sacrifice, 11 students graduated in May as the state’s first class of nurse anesthetists in...
by Shane Nyman | Aug 27, 2020 | CONtact Magazine, Features, Nursing
There’s no pause button in the nursing profession. Crucial—sometimes life-saving—decisions are made moment to moment in healthcare, and nursing students need to be ready for that challenge when they enter the workforce. When the coronavirus began to spread in...
by Contributor | Aug 27, 2020 | CONtact Magazine
This issue of CONtact is focused on how the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s College of Nursing faculty and staff function in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. 2020 is the Year of the Nurse, and the COVID-19 pandemic makes this proclamation even more...