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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 14 years.

News and Events

Accolades

Assistant Professor Christine Stevens has been selected through a competitive process as one of only nine participants in the National League for Nursing's Scholarly Writing Retreat. Congratulations!

A Century of Service

The Washington State Nursing Centennial Consortium proudly announces the opening of the Washington State History Museum exhibit, Nurses At Your Service: A Century of Caring. Read more about the Nursing profession's history in Washington.

Nursing Shortage

Comcast Newsmakers' Tony Ventrella recently 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.

Announcements

Drs. Marjorie Dobratz and Janet Primomo received funding to convert their respective courses (TNURS 403 Introduction to Research in Nursing and TNURS 523 Community Health Assessment) into hybrid courses using face-to-face and online learning

The Marjorie Dobratz Endowment for Nursing Students honors Dr. Dobratz and helps Nursing students in perpetuity

Recent Faculty Publications

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.

Braungardt, T. & Fought, S.G. (2008). Leading Change During an Inpatient Critical Care Unit Expansion: Kotter's Eight Steps Provide a Framework for Success. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 38 (11): 461-467.

Dobratz, M.C. (2008). Moving Nursing Science Forward within the Framework of the Roy Adaptation Model, Nursing Science Quarterly, 21 (3), 255-259.

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