Innovation Archives - School of Nursing & Health Studies

Gender transformative programmes: our Dean in BMJ

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:00:27 +0000

Shari L. Dworkin, Dean, School of Nursing and Health Studies, has featured in the BMJ Opinion, along with colleagues about their work on examining how gender transformative programmes with men advance women’s health and empowerment. With the Beijing Platform for Action on Women (1995) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there has been an increased attention in engaging men in programmes to advance gender equality and women’s health.

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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Justin Gill Receives the 2020 AANP Washington State Advocate Award

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:21:43 +0000

Justin Gill is a part-time lecturer in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, who teaches Health Policy and Organization of Healthcare. Gill has received the 2020 AANP Washington State Advocate Award after being nominated for his work on a legislative advocacy strategy for ARNP (advanced registered nurse practitioner) reimbursement parity with ARNPs United of Washington State. Mr. Gill completed this project as part of his doctoral work at Yale. He partnered with ARNPs United of Washington State to develop a legislative advocacy strategy to change the law in Washington State regarding insurance payments to nurse practitioners. Currently in Washington State, if an nurse practitioner owns his or her own practice, and bills an insurance company directly, they are often paid at a reduced rate for providing the same service as a physician, even when the outcomes are the same (approximately 85% of the physician rate). Oregon has a law that mandates reimbursement parity for NPs in primary and behavioral healthcare. Because of his background/interest in policy/politics, he chose to pursue a policy project here in Washington State to change the law. Gill worked with a mentor, Louise Kaplan, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, to survey ARNP business owners about the impact this problem has with the sustainability of their practices. They used this data in combination with a legislative strategy to draft language (which ultimately was introduced in the 2019 and 2020 WA legislature)..

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Drs. Jody Early and Victoria Breckwich Vasquez featured on Crosscut

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:39:42 +0000

Paula Zambrano (pictured on the left) is a longtime farmworker in Yakima, and has faced many instances of sexual harasment on the job. Zambrano wrote a poem called "Basta! Basta! Basta!" to showcase her frustration with the system and the need for change regarding sexual harassment towards farmworkers. Her poem caught the eye of Drs. Jody Early and Victoria Breckwich Vasquez and the two worked for six years to create a curriculum called "Basta!", which is named after the poem Zambrano wrote. outlines that Dr. Early mission in having sexual harassment regulated as a workplace safety issue by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Drs. Jody Early and Victoria Breckwich Vasquez are working with farmworkers, advocates, experts, and growers across the state of Washington to better understand the nature of the problem of workplace sexual harassment in agriculture and to then develop solutions. The information and perspectives of workers and experts that were collected from their research were used to develop the Workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention Toolkit. This toolkit works to provide farms with the resources they need to implement a comprehensive sexual harassment prevention program on their operations, with resources in English and Spanish, including an educational curriculum and training video, and key recommendations for developing Sexual Harassment policies in the workplace.

The Basta! Prevent Sexual Harassment in Agriculture video, facilitator’s guide, and electronic toolkit are available through the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (PNASH). .

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56�Թ��B BSN alumna working towards her MN!

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:41:56 +0000

Miriam Witt is a 56�Թ�� BSN graduate who is now working towards her Master of Nursing at 56�Թ��B! Miriam wanted to be a teacher growing up, until she went on a volunteer trip to Kenya the summer after graduating high school. During her trip in Kenya, Miriam volunteered at an orphanage for children with HIV and AIDS.

Witt began the RN to BSN program at the 56�Թ�� Bothell and graduated in 2014. Feeling inspired by her trip to Kenya, Witt found time to volunteer with medical nonprofits that send humanitarian teams to help the victims of disasters and wars around the world. She also began teaching clinical nursing as an adjunct instructor at Skagit Valley College. She soon realized that she never lost her desire to become a teacher and is now sceduled to enter the Master of Nursing program in Fall'20 at the 56�Թ��. Read more about Miriam's story and journey through working in healthcare.

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56�Թ�� Bothell School of Nursing and Health Studies recognized in PayScale’s College Salary Report

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:48:06 +0000

PayScale released their 2019-20 College Salary Report and 56�Թ�� Bothell is ranked #22 in public schools for health science and nursing programs. Their annual report is based on the salaries of 3.5 million college graduates, provides estimates of early and mid-career pay for 2,500 associate and bachelor's degree-granting institutions. For health science and nursing programs, PayScale looked at institutions offering four-year-degrees. So at #22 in public schools, 56�Թ�� Bothell ranks in the top 25! You can see the full list of on the PayScale page.

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Rebecca Cavanaugh nursing alumna recongized for leadership

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:35:46 +0000

Inspiring, resilient, strong Nurse Rebecca Cavanaugh, 56�Թ��B BSN ’98, 56�Թ�� (Sea) MN ’09 alumna received a honorable award called the School Nurse Administrator of the Year for 2018-19. It honors a school nurse who demonstrates excellence in school nursing practice and leadership. Nurse Cavanaugh oversees 38 school district nurses at 33 schools with about 23,000 students in Bothell, Kenmore and Woodinville.

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Community nursing helps prevent 911 calls

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:21:03 +0000

Health Wong, Fire department’s community risk reduction specialist and Claire Phillips, AmeriCorps outreach intern collaborated with Senior Faculty Annie Bruck created a real world experience in community health for nurses and nurses provided valuable insights to improve systems. Read more on the main news site.

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56�Թ�� School of Nursing & Health Studies receives top ranking from US News and World Report

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:17:37 +0000

"US News and World Report released its rankings of graduate and professional schools across the country, including nursing schools. The University of Washington School of Nursing was ranked #1 among public schools that offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and was ranked #4 overall. Additionally, the School was ranked #4 among public schools that offer a Master’s degree and was ranked #12 overall."

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Leadership master’s for nursing administration

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:04:38 +0000

Jennifer Collins a recent 2018 graduate is now a nurse manager at Swedish Medical Center's Cherry Hill campus in Seattle. Collins has found her satisfying career by moving into a managing nurse staff. Read more about Collins career. Read more.

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Nursing students ask: Ready for a disaster?

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:03:59 +0000

This course allows the nurses to reflect, "Three of the nurses, who work at Providence Hospital in Everett, said surveying gave them a new experience and a different perspective on nursing. It was hot. Many residents weren’t home or didn’t want to talk. But, it was valuable to prompt people about disaster preparedness and for nurses to think beyond bedside skills", they said. Read more.

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