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Please remember to submit research updates and accomplishments to the CNPD Research Office email at und.cnpd.research.office@und.edu. Announcements Welcome Back College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines Faculty, Students, and Staff from the CNPD Research Office! To keep everyone up to date on the news about your research success, upcoming funding, or research opportunities, we plan to send […]

State-of-the-art simulation labs — some of them unique in the country — help UND health care students hone their skills A College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines student practices preparing a manikin arm for an IV in class. Photo by Walter Criswell/UND Today. Health care practices are evolving, as are the tools that health care […]

GRAND FORKS, N.D.— The Financial Interdependence Project, located at the University of North Dakota and supported by the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines, is hosting a colloquium at UND’s Memorial Union. The event brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, practitioners and funders from across the nation to UND to discuss fostering financial capability and prosperity […]

The medical simulation teams at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines (CNPD) are celebrating Simulation in Healthcare Week 2023 with a series of events Sept. 18-22, including open houses for both programs’ medical simulation facilities on the UND campus. The largest and most active center […]

Actors portraying patients with addiction disorders bring intensity, realism to College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines training summit The simulations featured real actors playing patients with substance use disorders. This actress plays a patient, Lyla, as a visiting nurse observes the scenario. Photo by Walter Criswell/UND Today. Lyla walks into the emergency room on a […]

Two UND Social Work programs have received reaccreditation, allowing for the program and its students and graduates to thrive into the next decade. The Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW) and the Master of Social Work (MSW) recently received reaccreditation from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). The CSWE works to ensure that accredited programs provide the requisite quality […]

Two RAIN students earn Cobell Scholarships; Computer Science major wins Hispanic Scholarship Fund award UND archival image. Three outstanding students have put the University of North Dakota on the map by winning national scholarships. Sophomore Honors student and Computer Science major Mario Medeles, Manvel, Texas, earned a Hispanic Scholarship Fund award, while Nursing majors Erin Morin, Bottineau, N.D., and Ashley Davis, […]

The future of health care starts at the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines as we prepare the next generation of social workers, nutritionists, dietitians, and nurses. As part of an ongoing series, we invited UND Social Work faculty Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, PhD, MA, LMSW, to supply some comments on his perspective on current health issues. […]

Passionate about the benefits of food and its impact on overall health, Laura Pietig ’17 was drawn to nutrition to empower individuals to lead healthier lives. “I just simply love food and the different benefits it can have on a person’s health,” she says. Her desire to help people stay nourished and develop a healthy […]

Half of all American Indian registered nurses in North Dakota are RAIN Program graduates, the program reports Earlier in June, UND’s RAIN or Recruitment & Retention of American Indians into Nursing program received the Rural Health ‘Excellence in DEI’ Award at the 38th Annual Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health. Accepting the award are […]