Shenandoah University’s Honors Program has expanded to encompass not only undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences, but also undergraduates in the School of Business and those ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Honors Program Adds…
Shenandoah Nursing Program Among Virginia’s Top Performers Undergraduate Program Leads State Private Universities, According to U.S. News & World Report. NCLEX Results Also Among the Commonwealth’s Best
Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing’s undergraduate program is the top nursing program offered by a private college or university in Virginia, according to 2022-23 rankings ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Nursing Program Among Virginia’s…
Shenandoah Nursing News: Summer 2022 Family Nurse Practitioner students and faculty make a difference in terms of quality care and the future of the profession
Under the supervision of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Program Director Sharon Simon, DNP, and FNP Assistant Professor Martha Vesterlund, DNP, 10 FNP students volunteered at the Remote Area ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Nursing News: Summer 2022…
Shenandoah Chosen to Help Identify Pillars of Inclusive Learning Environments in Nursing Schools SU’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing will participate in nationwide AACN initiative
Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing is one of 50 nursing schools from 28 states chosen by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to participate in a national ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Chosen to Help Identify…
Helen Zebarth Retires From Nursing School After 43 Years During National Nurses Month Nursing Faculty Member Wraps Up Extraordinarily Influential Shenandoah Career With Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
Helen Zebarth, RN, (shown above, at left, in blue) has retired after 43 years with Shenandoah University. During her tenure, Zebarth served as an associate professor in the Eleanor Wade Custer School ... Continue Reading Helen Zebarth Retires From Nursing…
Shenandoah Celebrates Graduates At 2022 Spring Commencement SU grad accepts honorary degree on behalf of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Shenandoah University celebrated its 2022 Commencement on Saturday, May 21, in the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics and Events Center. The ceremony celebrated 237 August 2021 graduates, 348 December ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Celebrates Graduates At 2022…
Shenandoah University To Celebrate 1,337 Graduates At May 21 Commencement SU to honor Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as symbol of the defense of freedom and democracy
Shenandoah University will celebrate 1,337 graduates at its 2022 spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 21, inside the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics and Events Center. The 2022 University ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University To Celebrate 1,337…
Nursing School Hosts Research and Scholarship Day 22nd Annual Event Sponsored by the University's Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau
Over 100 people attended the 22nd Annual Research and Scholarship Day sponsored by the Rho Pi chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing in collaboration with the Eleanor ... Continue Reading Nursing School Hosts Research and…
Shenandoah Nursing Alumni Shine on NCLEX First-time pass rates streak past national average
Graduates of Shenandoah University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program have far exceeded the national first-time pass rate for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) needed to ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Nursing Alumni Shine on…
PMHNP Graduate Joins Health System in Oregon Jennifer Hope ’20, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC is excited to practice at Coast Community Health Center
Read the full article about Jennifer Hope at curry pilot.com. ... Continue Reading PMHNP Graduate Joins Health System…
Friday Faculty Spotlight: Beth Ballenger Assistant Professor of Nursing and Campus Learning Lab coordinator Karen “Beth” Ballenger, Ph.D., mixes her love of rabbits with her research
This week’s Friday Faculty Spotlight has a cuddly component – bunnies! Assistant Professor of Nursing and Campus Learning Lab coordinator Karen “Beth” Ballenger, Ph.D., mixes her love of rabbits with ... Continue Reading Friday Faculty Spotlight: Beth Ballenger…
Shenandoah Aids in Local Vaccination Efforts Faculty, Staff To Help Administer Vaccine, Perform Clerical Duties
Shenandoah University will aid in local vaccination efforts starting this week at the request of the local hospital system, Valley Health. Approximately 20 faculty and staff will help during the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Aids in Local Vaccination…
Health Professions Students Excel on Licensure Exams Pass Rates are Perfect in Six Areas of Study
Shenandoah University’s health professions students are achieving perfect or near-perfect pass rates on their national licensure exams. So far this year, six health professions have seen perfect pass ... Continue Reading Health Professions Students Excel on…
Yesenia Nunez ’22 awarded The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) Scholarship Scholarship recipients are Hispanic nursing students who are role models for aspiring nursing students
MSN-FNP student Yesenia Nunez ’22 was awarded The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) Scholarship on July 17, 2020. This is a 3-year award for $5,000 each year that is funded by the United ... Continue Reading Yesenia Nunez ’22 awarded The…
School of Nursing News: Spring/Early Summer 2020 Recent graduates post outstanding exam performances and faculty members earn advanced degrees
Shenandoah’s 2019 graduates from both the Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs have a 100% licensing exam pass rate. The national average for first-time ... Continue Reading School of Nursing News: Spring/Early…
Nursing Class Of May 2020 Join us for the following virtual Commencement events
Shenandoah University Nursing Class Of May 2020 We Want To Celebrate YOU!! Please join us for the following virtual events: Senior BSN Celebration Friday, May 15, 2020 at 1pm Senior BSN ... Continue Reading Nursing Class Of May 2020…
Shenandoah Donates Ventilators to Valley Health Ventilators were originally donated by the hospital system to aid student learning
Shenandoah University donated three ventilators to Valley Health on Wednesday, April 8. The ventilators were donated to Shenandoah several years ago by Valley Health to help provide clinical ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Donates Ventilators to Valley…
Nurse Leader Trains Others For Military Service Ekemini E. Emah’s Shenandoah Connections Lead to an Air Force Nursing Career
Ekemini E. Emah ’09 has used her Shenandoah education to fly high in her nursing career, first as a Pentagon flight medicine nurse manager and now as a chief education and training preventionist for ... Continue Reading Nurse Leader Trains Others For…
Nurses Ready to Respond to Every Emergency SU-trained alumni serve at the forefront of nursing practice in tough times
In today’s pandemic crisis, nurses are serving on the front lines of interprofessional healthcare teams while also continuing to meet the ongoing, multifaceted health care needs of communities across ... Continue Reading Nurses Ready to Respond to…
Nursing Alumna Turns a Dream Into a Career That Fits Her Passion To Serve Others Dynamic Clinical Experiences Inspire Dove’s Decision to Choose Adult Oncology and Hospice Care
Cynthia Dove is a December 2019 graduate of the Accelerated Second Degree (ASD) Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Shenandoah University. Like a majority of the students in the ASD BSN ... Continue Reading Nursing Alumna Turns a Dream…
Shenandoah Nursing Graduates Excel on Exam University bests national rates on NCLEX
Shenandoah University May 2019 nursing graduates outperformed national test-takers on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National Council Licensure Examination ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Nursing Graduates Excel on…
Nursing Professor Takes Expertise To The Border Sharron Guillett Provides Medical Screenings As Part of Church Mission Trip
During the week of Oct. 6, 2019, Shenandoah University Professor of Nursing Sharron Guillett, Ph.D., participated in a mission trip to Pharr, Texas, located about six miles from the Rio Grande border ... Continue Reading Nursing Professor Takes Expertise To…
Nursing School Adds Articulation Agreements Partnerships Are With Schools In Virginia And Maryland
Shenandoah's Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing is joining with two excellent academic programs in a unique way to combat the national nursing shortage. The Eleanor Wade Custer School of ... Continue Reading Nursing School Adds Articulation Agreements…
Nursing Faculty Members Honored By American Red Cross Three receive disaster services and nurse hero awards
Three Shenandoah University nursing faculty members received honors at the Celebration of Heroes event of the American Red Cross of Central and Shenandoah Virginia for their years of innovative and ... Continue Reading Nursing Faculty Members Honored By…
Graduate Programs Ranked in U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 edition of Best Graduate Schools
Several Shenandoah University graduate programs are ranked nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Physician Assistant Studies (PA) at No. 21 Physician ... Continue Reading Graduate Programs Ranked in U.S.…
School of Nursing News: Winter 2019 Nursing students travel to Cuba and faculty are recognized for leadership and innovation
Adjunct Faculty for International Nursing and Health Policy, and Program Director for the Patient Navigation Certificate Lisa Darsch, MSN, RN, is an ICN 2018 Global Nurse Leadership Institute (GLNI) ... Continue Reading School of Nursing News: Winter…
Nurse Practitioner Ranked Number 2 of the 30 Best Jobs for the Future View the rankings in Kiplinger
Total number of jobs: 172,102 Projected job growth, 2017-2027: 35.2% Median annual salary: $103,947 Typical education: Master's degree Advancing technology, greater focus on preventive care and ... Continue Reading Nurse Practitioner Ranked Number 2…
Shenandoah Nursing Grad’s App Targets Patient Satisfaction Read the Article in LoudounNow
What started as a class assignment for Shenandoah University graduate Brianne Casey is improving patients’ experience at hospitals and urgent care clinics. Casey created a website and smart phone app ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Nursing Grad’s App Targets…
Submit Your Comments on the BSN & MSN Programs Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Wants your Feedback for Accreditation
The Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing at Shenandoah University will be hosting the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) on February 20-22, 2019 for an accreditation review of our ... Continue Reading Submit Your Comments on the…
Nursing News: Fall/Winter 2018 Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing Celebrates Scholarship and Service; faculty distinguished as authors and as a fellow
Innovations in Advanced Practice Nursing Research Conference Held The Fourth Annual Innovations in Advanced Practice Nursing Research Conference at Shenandoah University was held on Nov. 30 in the ... Continue Reading Nursing News: Fall/Winter 2018 Eleanor…
Acclaimed Professor Talks Current Topics In Biomedical Ethics University of Virginia's James Childress Visits Shenandoah for James A. Davis Lectures in Religion
A well-known name in biomedical ethics will take the podium for the upcoming James A. Davis Lectures In Religion. James F. Childress, Ph.D., professor emeritus of medical education at University of ... Continue Reading Acclaimed Professor Talks Current Topics…
Nursing Graduate Student Wins NLN-Home Instead Scholarship Garcia One Of First To Receive New Scholarship
Cecilia Garcia, a student in Shenandoah University’s adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner program (AGPCNP), is one of nine students from across the country to win a National League for ... Continue Reading Nursing Graduate Student Wins NLN-Home…
Nursing Faculty Member Receives Friend of Education Award Professor of Nursing Pamela Webber Honored For Work With Special Olympians
Shenandoah University Professor of Nursing Pamela Webber, Ph.D., RN, FNP, received the 2018-2019 Friend of Education Award from the Winchester Education Association at the Winchester Public School ... Continue Reading Nursing Faculty Member Receives Friend…
Open House Will Highlight Health Care, Virtual Reality And Theatre University showcases interprofessional learning during Healthcare Simulation Week
In celebration of international Healthcare Simulation Week Sept. 17-21, Shenandoah University will hold an open house to showcase how it's using virtual reality, simulation labs and Shenandoah ... Continue Reading Open House Will Highlight Health…
A Summer Trip That Reverberates For A Lifetime Global Experiential Learning Courses Provide Students With Unforgettable Opportunities
By Rachel Deanne Sherman ’18 Shenandoah University's for-credit, faculty-led Global Experiential Learning courses took students to countries around the world this summer, where they immersed ... Continue Reading A Summer Trip That Reverberates…
Patient Care Navigator Certificate Program Offered Nationwide for Hospitals and Large Physician Practices RN Group Enrollment in Shenandoah University's Patient Care Navigator Certificate Program
Shenandoah University's Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing announces that it is the first to offer a Patient Care Navigator Certificate for licensed registered nurses (RNs) seeking to pursue ... Continue Reading Patient Care Navigator Certificate Program…