School of Nursing News

People serving food at Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission Read More

Addiction, homelessness focus of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Think Tank talk

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Addiction and homelessness plague scores of people in Anchorage. Those topics will be the centerpiece of a Feb. 2 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Think Tank session, which is co-hosted by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Nursing, with Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission featured as the guest agency.

Jill Green talking to patient Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ DNP alumna: 'Vivitrol's the path to an opioid-free life...it gets you clean'

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A monthly injection of Vivitrol calms cravings for heroin, giving real help to addicts emerging from prison and, as Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ DNP alumna Jyll Green discovered, providing a good chance of keeping them from going back behind bars.

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Four DNP graduates reach nursing's educational pinnacle, at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ

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Four women—Jyll Green, Jill Rife, Leigh Keefer and Robin Bassett—became the first class of graduates to accept Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ at fall commencement.

School of Nursing Alumni Andrea Akerelrea Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Andrea Akerelrea, B.S. Nursing 2008

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