June 2018

"UW Bothell nursing students work with Karena for their public health practicum – practical experience – at a couple of sites: the Pathways for Women domestic shelter in Lynnwood and Project Reunite at Trinity Place in Lynnwood, for homeless women in recovery, working on reuniting with children who have been removed from the home" 

Dean Dworkin's gratitude to SNHS staff member Linda Bale, MN Advisor

"Linda Bale has worked for 28 years at University of Washington (Seattle and Bothell campuses) to support students and programs. I am saddened to now share that she is retiring as of July 6. This is a huge loss for the University of Washington System, for Bothell, and for the School of Nursing and Health Studies in particular. For the last 12 years, we in SNHS have had the honor of working with Linda, as the advisor of the MN program. Linda has brought such a warm, robust and meticulous dedication and commitment to her work, whether she was focused on direct advising and managing of the MN program, developing program capacity to serve more students, or coordinating and assessing curricula, among many other critical tasks. She has worked tirelessly for all of these years, contributing to the success of the newly created MN program at UWB in 2002 and then navigating program expansion to several off-site locations, in response to the changing health care system and health care partner needs. She has given so much of herself to the position and everyone around her."

UWB School of Nursing and Health Studies continues in guiding nurses to be prepared in bridging the gap in the nurse profession and increasing the nurse workforce. UWB highlighting Samantha Girard "...a nurse educator for Kaiser Permanente in Washington, said her Master of Nursing degree from the University of Washington Bothell in 2010 put her in a position to have an impact on the profession at a time nurses are being pushed hard to advance their education." Learn more about Samantha. 

 "Jody is an associate professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies who views the student-faculty relationship as reciprocal and synergetic; they learn from each other. Most notably, she is helping the campus peer health educators with a health and wellness survey, participating in research to rehabilitate stroke patients and guiding students studying the use of mobile phones in promoting health. She co-authors papers and presentations with students, and has seen some become professors and mentors themselves."