University of Missouri-Kansas City faculty, staff and students gathered to celebrate the career of Lora Lacey-Haun, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies. Lacey-Haun is retiring after a 40-year career in nursing education. Joined by her family, including children and grandchildren at the Diastole Scholars’ Center, Lacey-Haun listened to colleagues praise her leadership. [...]
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SoNHS 9th Annual Clinical Jump Start Set For August 12
UMKC’s School of Nursing and Health Studies 9th Annual Clinical Jump Start (CJS) will take place on Monday, August 12, 2013 at UMKC’s Health Sciences Building, 2464 Charlotte Street in the School of Nursing and Health Studies. All students in the accelerated and pre-licensure programs are required to attend to prepare for clinical coursework. Be [...]
Dean Lora Lacey-Haun Wins DAISY Faculty Award
UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies Dean Lora Lacey-Haun was presented with a DAISY Faculty Award for 2013. The Lambda Phi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, nursing’s only honor society, is the sponsor for the School of Nursing and Health Studies Daisy Faculty Award Program. At the Chapter’s recent induction ceremony, Lacey-Haun was [...]
SoNHS NNP Student receives National award
Rebecca Wilton, a student in the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program at UMKC was recently awarded the National Neonatal Advanced Practice Nursing’s “Case of the Year”. This is an award which is chosen by submitting an abstract which describes an intriguing and well-developed clinical case designed to challenge the critical thinking and diagnostic skills of conference [...]
SoNHS Dean and students featured in Fox 4 Health Segment
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — You’d expect a doctor and nurse to see you in a clinic exam room. But a pharmacist, too? Or maybe even a dentist? That team approach is gaining steam in primary health care. UMKC nursing, pharmacy and dental students are doing some of their training together at the Hope Family Care [...]
SoNHS Professor Receives Abbott Nutrition Research Grant
The University of Missouri-Kansas City, with Professor Marco Brotto as the principal investigator, has received a $100,000 research grant from Abbott Nutrition. Full Article
SoNHS wins the 2013 Chancellor’s award for Excellence in Diversity
The UMKC community presented 21 awards to its members recently at the annual faculty-staff award program. UMKC began ‘Celebrating Excellence’ four years ago as an annual tradition for recognizing the exceptional achievements of our UMKC faculty and staff. The goal is to honor and to fully appreciate the extraordinary work and talent that our university [...]
Introducing the UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies
Name Change Reflects Expansion of Healthcare Education FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2013 Contact: Stacy Downs (816) 235-1441, downs@umkc.edu KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing is taking on a new name today: The UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies. “The name change of a school might not seem significant, [...]
Dr. Lora Lacey-Haun, Dean of School of Nursing, Recognized As “Icon of Education”
Dean Lora Lacey-Haun, Ph.D., was selected as one of nine “2013 Icons of Education” in the January issue of Ingram’s magazine. Below is the lead paragraph in Ingram’s about Lacey-Haun. “Throughout her nearly 40 years of nursing education, most of it in Kansas City, Lora Lacey-Haun has been ahead of the curve: She became a [...]
School of Nursing Receives $2.4 million Grant to Help Diversify Future Workforce
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing has received a $2.4 million federal grant to offer full scholarships to help diversify the nursing workforce.The program will assist 240 students who are underrepresented in nursing — men as well as those with African-American, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian or Alaskan native backgrounds. Current and new Bachelor [...]
