May 2021 marks a historic moment for West Virginia University Potomac State College as the first cohort of students graduate with Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees.
FIrst BSN class graduates at Potomac State
From News Reports
KEYSER - May 2021 marks an historic moment for West Virginia University Potomac State College, as the first cohort of students will graduate with Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees.
BSN program chairperson April Shapiro, PhD, RN, who also serves as an assistant professor in the WVU School of Nursing program, couldn’t contain her pride as she reflected on the past four years since the nursing program began its journey on the Keyser campus in 2017.
Shapiro expounded on all the planning and prep work that went into getting everything started, including physical changes to classrooms and labs, along with all the hard work by facilities and maintenance to complete it on schedule, as well as the accreditation and ribbon cutting in 2018.
Courtney Weaver sits down with Tara Hulsey, Vice President of Health Promotion and Wellness and Dean of the College of Nursing here at WVU. They talk about the recent employee wellbeing survey they conducted and where everyone can find out more about the health and wellbeing resources available to them on campus! For the WVU Wellbeing Model, visit:Â https://hsc.wvu.edu/health-promotion-and-wellness/. To access to the Health and Wellness Inventory, visit:Â https://hsc.wvu.edu/health-promotion-and-wellness/health-wellness-inventory/. Also, to learn more about the current call for proposals, visit:Â https://hsc.wvu.edu/health-promotion-and-wellness/requests-for-proposals/.Â
Transcript:
Hey there everyone. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome to Wellbeing Wednesdays. I m your host Courtney Weaver. I m the director over at WellWVU here at West Virginia University. And joining me today for actually the second time is Dr. Tara Hulsey. She is the vice president of Health Promotion and Wellne
Construction of Bridgeport nursing school underway By
January 31, 2021 - 8:35 am
A rendering of what one section of the United Hospital Center campus will look like. (West Virginia University School of Nursing)
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. Construction crews are already busy on a new West Virginia University School of Nursing campus in Bridgeport.
The location at Bridgeport’s United Hospital Center will provide new opportunities for prospective students who find themselves on wait lists.
“They were able to expand the building and add a floor for a campus,” explained Dr. Tara Hulsey, the nursing school’s deal. “It is absolutely perfect because I have a waiting list of second-degree students who want to get into nursing.”
As health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, nurses have put in extra hours to keep up with the demands of administering tests and now COVID-19