Welcome

UW Tacoma Nursing offers undergraduate and graduate programs. The curriculum emphasizes and fosters the integration of teaching, inquiry, and service among a community of diverse students. Partnerships with the community provide learning environments in which students build upon their skills and knowledge to strengthen their understanding of local, national, and global health issues.

We proudly share accreditation with UW Seattle's School of Nursing, which has held the top ranking in U.S. News and World Report for 16 years.

News and Events

Students

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Check out the Teaching and Learning Center, which offers a wide array of resources and support.

Accolades

MN alum Joy Martin ('01) has been named the 2009 March of Dimes Distinguished Nurse of the Year for her many contributions to the profession.

Professor Marjorie Dobratz and Senior Lecturer Sondra Perdue were each nominated for the UW Tacoma Distinguished Research Award.

Nursing: Most Trusted Profession

For the eighth year in a row, nurses have been ranked number one in the Gallup survey measuring honesty and ethics.

Videos for Prospective Students

Learn about the BSN program from a student perspective. Watch videos of students and alums discussing their experiences at UW Tacoma.

Announcements

Dr. Marjorie Dobratz has been invited by Providence St. Peter Hospital (PSPH) in Olympia to meet with surveyors from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She will support PSPH's application for recognition as a Magnet designated hospital, which recognizes nursing excellence in clinical practice and community support. With support from the Providence St. Peter Foundation, the University of Washington Tacoma and PSPH entered into a partnership to educate RN-to-BSN students in 2005.

Dr. Cathy Tashiro has a new publication, a chapter in Multiethnicity and Multiethnic Families. Her chapter, "Multiraciality and health disparities: Encountering the contradictions and conundrums of race, ethnicity, and identity," builds on Dr. Tashiro's own research and scholarship.

Healthcare Leadership

UW Tacoma Nursing has a new degree for non-nurses: the Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership.

Nursing Shortage

Comcast Newsmakers' Tony Ventrella interviewed Nursing Director Sharon Gavin Fought about the nursing shortage. The program aired regionally on CNN Headline News. View the video using Windows Media Player or QuickTime.

Recent Publications

Hemman, Eileen A. and Fought, Sharon Gavin (2010). Teaching Undergraduate Nurses Nursing Phenomena. Nurse Educator, 35 (1), 25-28.

Dobratz, Marjorie C. (2010). A model of consensus formation for reconciling nursing's disciplinary matrix. Nursing Philosophy, 11 (1), 53-66.

Nixon, S. & Schulmeister, L. (2009). Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs: Are You Protected? Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 13 (4), 433-439.

S. Nixon is a current Master of Nursing student.

Dobratz, M.C.( 2009). Word choices of advanced cancer patients: Frequency of nociceptive and neuropathic pain. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 25 (6), 469-475.

Johnson, Susan L. & Rea, Ruth E. (2009). Workplace Bullying: Concerns for Nurse Leaders, The Journal of Nursing Administration, 39 (2), 84-90.

Susan Johnson is a Master of Nursing alum (2008).

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