Nursing

Dr. Ann B. Bain has been named founding dean of the new College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

The official dedication of the new Nursing Building at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will showcase a new 22-bed, state-of-the art simulation hospital at the school.

The Nursing Department will celebrate the opening of its new state-of-the art simulation hospital Sunday, Oct. 27. SimCare is a 9,500-square-foot facility and recreates clinical experiences for students.

For nearly 50 years, UALR’s Department of Nursing has educated and placed nurses across the state, region, and country.

The UALR College of Science, the second largest college within the university, will hold its annual awards ceremony and reception at 4 p.m., Friday, April 26.

Members of UALR’s Department of Nursing have teamed up with the City of Little Rock for the Love Your School initiative, a health promotion project aimed at reducing childhood obesity.

Kenneth Meyer, a graduate of UALR’s Nursing program, died last week in the crash of a Medivac helicopter based in Vilonia, along with two other members of the flight crew. “The whole community feels the loss,” said Lt. Jeremy Pugh of the Velvet Ridge Fire Department, prior to the beginning of the memorial held at … Copter Victim is UALR Grad

Officials of UALR and Baptist Health have signed an agreement to provide RN graduates from the Baptist Health Schools Little Rock (BHSLR) – School of Nursing a seamless and online way to obtain a bachelor of science in nursing.

Avis Smith, a sophomore from West Helena, won the Outstanding Peer Education Leadership Award at the National Area 6 Bacchus Gamma Peer Education Conference in Fayetteville this spring.

Members of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees Friday approved a $34 million bond issue for UALR that will generate $31.6 million for capital projects over the next three years.