Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing is pleased to announce Judith A. Vessey—Ph.D., RN, DPNP, MBA, FAAN, Leila Holden Carroll Professor in Nursing, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College—as the keynote speaker for the Marion McDowell Stafford Lectureship Series in Child and Family Health. Vessey will present two lectures on Thursday, September 29,
Mennonite College of Nursing alumna Nikki Miller’s varied educational and practice experiences have led her to being one of the first nurse practitioners in the Middle East.
The 24 graduates of the Family Nurse Practitioner program in the Mennonite College of Nursing achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the national family nurse practitioner certification examination.
The spring issue of the Redbird Scholar has been published.
Not many students pack a stethoscope for their freshman year in college. But Enrique Rocha did. It was a special gift for the nursing major from his aunt in Mexico, who recently retired from nursing.
Teresa Valerio is an assistant professor in the Mennonite College of Nursing, a family nurse practitioner, and a sleep specialist. She has a clinical practice in sleep disorders at Illinois State University’s Student Health Services, and in 2012, she became the first nurse practitioner to be board certified in behavioral sleep medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine.
The Mennonite College of Nursing has been awarded a federal Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship grant of nearly $350,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Illinois Board of Nursing appointed H. Catherine Miller as the vice-chair for a two-year term.
America’s Promise has brought Illinois State University nursing students to local schools to help improve oral health.
“I am thrilled to be the dean of such a unique college with a rich history,” says new Mennonite College of Nursing Dean Judy Neubrander.
