News
NurseZone.com, August 17, 2011
"Birth-life-death: the circle of life. While nurses continually find ways to improve care at all stages of life, death remains a taboo topic. Yet nurses strive to improve dying patients’ experiences through innovative programs, education about options and streamlining operations... Karen A. Kehl, Ph.D., RN, ACHPN, is researching ways nurses can help meet family caregivers’ needs as death approaches."
madison.com, January 19, 2011
"It's hard to imagine a better representative of the collegiate student-athlete than Alyssa Karel... The senior guard from Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, Minn., has made her mark at the University of Wisconsin - both as a basketball player and as an honor student in the School of Nursing... Karel is climbing up the school's all-time scoring list - she can pass Keisha Anderson for 15th place with 16 points Thursday in her last return visit to her home turf at Minnesota."
Getting to Know You, The New Old Age Blog, The New York Times, December 13, 2010.
" 'A lot of research shows that by far the most important thing for long-term residents, for quality of life and quality of care, is their relationships with their caregivers,' said Barbara Bowers, a nursing professor and researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 'Most people would actually take inferior technical care done by somebody they care about, who cares about them,’ over skilled care by a string of strangers, she said.' "
Donna Shalala Returns to Madison, [LIVE AT FIVE, WISC-TV], Channel3000.com, October 15, 2010
"Donna Shalala returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to talk about her favorite memories and why she is recommending changes in the way nurses are educated."
Back in town, Shalala will call for new era for nurses, The Cap Times, Madison360, October 12, 2010
Editor Paul Fanlund's interview with Donna Shalala about her years at UW-Madison, the Littlefield Lecture, and the importance of nursing in modern health care.
MP3 Study at Carbone Cancer Center, WMTV / NBC15.com, August 17, 2010, 5:00 p.m.
NBC 15's Carleen Wild interviewed Professor Kris Kwekkeboom about her work using alternative, non-drug symptom management strategies for cancer patients.