Nurses are at the front lines of community health and patient health care. They make policy, face life-threatening emergencies, build healthy communities and schools, conduct health-improving research, and are often the human face of healthcare organizations. Nursing is the largest healthcare workforce in the nation, it is regularly ranked as the most trusted profession, and employment in nursing is expected to grow much more rapidly than the average for all occupations.

National Nurses Week honors the expertise, care and contributions of nurses across the broad scope of our practice, and calls upon us all – nurses and non-nurses alike — to reflect upon and express gratitude for working relentlessly to keep us healthy. National Nurses Week falls during the birthday week of Florence Nightingale, a complex woman who formalized the work of nursing during the Crimean War and created the role of the professional nurse. She was the descendent – as we all are – of the community health workers and caregivers who have focused on the health of all of us for millennia. National Nurses Week shines a spotlight on the work that nurses do every day. This is a week when nurses often receive the thanks that may be absent the rest of the year, and the recognition of the expertise and skill that nurses bring to shaping healthcare.

One of the essential roles of a nurse is the assessment and support of recovery – from birth, from an illness or injury, or, this year, from a pandemic. Nurses are emerging from the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic with a new understanding of the limitations and strengths of our healthcare system, and of ourselves. This is an opportunity for us to reflect on the many ways that nurses and nursing change lives, to honor the work that they do and the people they care for, and to reinvigorate the hard work of changing healthcare into something both more sustainable and more equitable for us all. Nurses are so lucky to do the work that they do, to be invited into people’s most intimate thoughts and lives, and they deserve the support of our community to do that work. This week is an opportunity for nurses to feel that support, to know it is there, and to call on it to create change in ways that keeps them able to do the critical work they do.

To recognize the critical contributions that nurses make to our local, regional, and global communities, please join us in thanking, honoring, and celebrating the positive impact of our nursing faculty, students, alumni and partners alongside of the American Nurses Association that names this year’s National Nurses Week “You Make a Difference.” What should you do? Support nurses and nurse organizations. Encourage news outlets to seek out nurses as experts in healthcare. Advocate for adequate worker protections and safety measures. Call on elected officials to make policy that supports the health of our communities. Thank the nurse who held you during labor, who tracks your child’s immunization needs, who expertly assessed you in an ER, who helped a family member exit this life feeling cared for, who developed the care pathways that guide chemotherapy, who support the health of our communities, who write laws, who shared a laugh with you during a difficult moment. Nurses make a difference, and you make a difference for Nurses.

Shari L. Dworkin, Ph.D. M.S. Professor and Dean, School of Nursing and Health Studies

Meghan Eagen-Torkko, Ph.D., CNM, ARNP, FACNM, Associate Professor and Director of Nursing Programs

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Join two 56�Թ��� Bothell faculty members in recognizing the vital role nurses and midwives have in providing health services.

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56�Թ��� Bothell Assistant Professor and midwife, Meghan Eagen-Torkko, shares the important work of a midwife and how that impacts her role as a professor, and what motivated her to become a midwife.

56�Թ��� Nursing Instructor and Nurse Practitioner, Justin Gill, shares the importance of nurse advocacy at the bedside up to the legislative level and the many different career opportunities an education in nursing provides.

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Practicing registered nurses who have graduated from any of the three University of Washington nursing programs (56�Թ��� Seattle, 56�Թ��� Bothell, or 56�Թ��� Tacoma) with a bachelor’s of science in nursing degree and current 56�Թ��� undergraduate student nurses may for the scholarship online through November 6, 2020.

*Applications must include an idea or solution to addressing COVID-19 challenges in healthcare environment and special merit will be given for submissions that focus on the well-being of elderly and dementia-diagnosed communities.*

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Masculine norms harm both gender equality and women’s and men’s health outcomes. Gender transformative interventions serve to challenge harmful gender norms and power structures. Specifically, these interventions work to prevent violence against women and contribute to reducing sexually transmitted infections and risks of HIV. A gender transformative approach will help prevent existing gender inequalities.

In order to ensure women’s autonomy and empowerment, health interventions that engage males must seek equal gender power structures and counter harmful gender norms. R.

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“…By now, almost everybody has seen pleas for help covering urgent medical bills in their Facebook feeds. With health care costs and high-deductible plans on the rise for more than a decade, medical expenses are the largest . Despite Obamacare’s efforts to rein in costs, the average deductible on a typical plan under the Affordable Care Act is $2,550—nearly as much as the entire monthly take-home pay of the average American worker. President Donald Trump’s efforts to destabilize Obamacare have already raised premiums, and experts predict the cost of a deductible under some versions of Republican health care legislation would rise to an average of at least $4,100. Meanwhile, according to the Federal Reserve, 44 percent of Americans in 2016 didn’t have so much as $400 saved up in the event of an emergency.”

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Study Abroad Guatemala Summer 2018

Global Health Promotion in Guatemala: Health Services Delivery in Resource Poor Settings

June 18-August 17, 2018

School of Nursing & Health Studies is offering a summer study abroad program in Guatemala that is especially designed for MN, BSN and NHS students.

Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America. It is home to over 15 million people and more than half of the population is below the national poverty line. Guatemala faces several health and development challenges, including infant, child, and maternal mortality, malnutrition, literacy, and contraceptive awareness and use. It is also rich in cultural diversity. This program aims to expose students to global development, health systems, global health issues and health care delivery in resource-strapped communities. The course utilizes the community as the pedagogical platform and challenges students to view global health care issues holistically in order to understand how in-country health policies are influenced by local and global determinants.

The program runs June 18th through August 17th (full Summer term). It begins at 56�Թ��� Bothell with travel to Guatemala occurring July 27th through August 11th. Students will earn 12 credits, including required and elective courses for the MN, BSN and NHS programs. Students will not pay summer quarter tuition, instead there is a $4,550 program fee that includes housing, meals, activities and local transportation in Guatemala. Applications are now open and the priority application deadline is January 31st.

The 56�Թ��� Bothell Study Abroad Scholarship is available and students are encouraged to apply. The scholarship covers airfare to/from Guatemala and applications can be submitted for the February or April deadline beginning in January.

Guatemala Summer 2018 website

Contact:

56�Թ��� Bothell Global Initiatives
Student Success Center|56�Թ���1-160
Email: uwbworld@uw.edu

or contact Program Director Dr. Mabel Ezeonwu at mezeo@uw.edu

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“Our school recognizes that we need to train nurses and health care professionals to work in teams across disciplines to produce solid health care outcomes,” Dworkin said. “Improving the health of populations requires addressing discrimination, education, occupational safety, and other issues that our faculty are addressing in their practice and research.” Read more on 56�Թ��� Bothell news blog.

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Vicente is one of Forbes Magazine's Most Influential People under 30. As a human rights activist, cartoonist, screenwriter, and founder of the Roma youth network, , Vicente raises awareness about the discrimination of Romani people worldwide and taps into comic art and pop culture as a vehicle for social change. Most recently he led discussions about his Roma Pop project at the the NYC Comic Con (and made headlines about countering racist, inflammatory comments from Incredible Hulk creator, Peter David!).

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Please join us for a free screening, and Seattle Premiere, of the award-winning documentary, The Invisible Patients: Life at the Edges of the Healthcare System. This powerful film chronicles the practice of a Nurse Practitioner, and her indigent, home-bound patients. In addition to the screening, Jessica Macleod, the NP from the film, will be part of an expert panel discussion following the movie.

The screening will be Saturday, November 19th from 9am to 11:30am at Movie Theater in Downtown Bothell (18607 Bothell Way NE).

Please visit the website for more information and to

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